Friendship: Philosophical Reflections on a Perennial Concern / Edition 2

by Philip Blosser, Marshell Carl Bradley

Overview

This anthology offers an extraordinary illustration of the rich resources furnished by the philosophical tradition for anyone wishing to understand the basic and universal human concern of friendship. The book gathers together reflections from thirty different thinkers in a historically, culturally, ideologically and emotionally diverse group. These contributions, ranging from the Ancients through to contemporary thought from C.S. Lewis, afford a comprehensive treatment of this enduring topic. Contents: Ancient and Medieval: The Epic of Gilgamesh; Hesiod, Theogony; Plato, Lysis; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics; Seneca, Epistulae Morales; Epicetus, Discourses; Cicero, Treatise on Friendship; Plutarch, Moralia; St. Augustine, Confessions; St. Aelred of Rievaulx, De Spiritali Amicitia; St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica. Early Modern: Michel de Montaigne, Essays; Baruch de Spinoza, Ethics; Thomas Hobbes, The Citizen; Nicholas Malebranche, The Search After Truth. Late Modern: David Hume, An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals; Immanuel Kant, The Doctrine of Virtue; G.W.F. Hegel, Early Theological Writings; Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation; Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or; Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays; Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All-Too-Human and The Joyful Wisdom. Contemporary: George Santayana, The Life of Reason; C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves; Jean-Paul Sartre, Situations; J. Glenn Gray, The Warriors; Hannah Arendt, On Humanity in Dark Times; Mary E. Hunt, Friends and Family Values; Gilbert Meilaender, When Harry Met Sally; Read The Nichomachean Ethics; Bibliography: For Further Reading; Index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761808183
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	07/30/1997
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	5.58(w) x 8.32(h) x 1.29(d)

About the Author

Philip Blosser is Professor of Philosophy at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina. Marshell Carl Bradley is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

Editorial Reviews

...far and away the best collection of classic readings on the topic of friendship in print.

RICHARD J. KLONOSKI

...far and away the best collection of classic readings on the topic of friendship in print.--RICHARD J. KLONOSKI, University of Scranton

From the Publisher

This revised edition of Of Friendship (Longwood, 1989) continues its reflections on the ethereal nature of friendship with some reshuffling of material. This relationship is exalted through ancient and medieval classics (e.g. The Epic of Gilgamesh, Plato's Lysis, Cicero's Treatise on Friendship); the early modern era (Hobbes' The Citizen, Nietzsche's Human, All- Too-Human); and contemporary views (Mary Hunt's feminist Friends and Family Values, and G. Milaender's intriguingly titled When Harry and Sally Read the Nicomachean Ethics). In recommending their book to unlikely business types, the editors remind us that effective business environments are after all systems of "friendships of utility." Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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