Aquinas on Friendship

Aquinas on Friendship
ISBN-10
0199205396
ISBN-13
9780199205394
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
189
Language
English
Published
2007-03-01
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Daniel Schwartz, Senior Lecturer Department of Political Science and Department of International Relations Daniel Schwartz

Description

Daniel Schwartz presents and examines the thoughts of the great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas on the subject of friendship - the ideal type of relationship that rational beings should cultivate. Using examples from the world of human relationships and politics and highlighting the contemporary relevance of texts that are not readily available to scholars, Schwartz facilitates access to the ideas of this great thinker.

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