Love and Friendship in Plato and Aristotle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198248996)

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.

Author: A. W. Price
ISBN-10: 0198248997
ISBN-13: 9780198248996
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 12/27/1990
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.54w x 0.78d