| Love and Friendship in Plato and Aristotle Revised Edition Contributor(s): Price, A. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198248997 ISBN-13: 9780198248996 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $70.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1990 Annotation: Reissued in 1997 with corrections and a new Afterword, this book fully explores for the first time an idea common to Plato and Aristotle, which unites their treatments-- otherwise very different--of love and friendship. The idea is that although persons are separate, their lives need not be. One person's life may overflow into another's, and as such, helping another person is a way of serving oneself. The author shows how their view of love and friendship, within not only personal relationships, but also the household and even the city-state, promises to resolve the old dichotomy between egoism and altruism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 152.41 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Series: Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.54" W x 8.46" (0.88 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reissued in 1997 with corrections and a new Afterword, this book fully explores for the first time an idea common to Plato and Aristotle, which unites their treatments-- otherwise very different--of love and friendship. The idea is that although persons are separate, their lives need not be. One person's life may overflow into another's, and as such, helping another person is a way of serving oneself. The author shows how their view of love and friendship, within not only personal relationships, but also the household and even the city-state, promises to resolve the old dichotomy between egoism and altruism. |