| Aquinas on Friendship Contributor(s): Schwartz, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199645299 ISBN-13: 9780199645299 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 177.609 |
| Series: Oxford Philosophical Monographs (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.55 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daniel Schwartz examines the views on friendship of the great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas. For Aquinas friendship is the ideal type of relationship that rational beings should cultivate. Schwartz argues that Aquinas fundamentally revises some of the main features of Aristotle's paradigmatic account of friendship so as to accommodate the case of friendship between radically unequal beings: man and God. As a result, Aquinas presents a broader view of friendship than Aristotle's, allowing for a higher extent of disagreement. lack of mutual understanding, and inequality between friends. |