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FRIENDSHIP 4164.indd 1 16/07/13 7:56 PM 4164.indd 2 16/07/13 7:56 PM FRIENDSHIP A. C. GRAYLING YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON 4164.indd 3 16/07/13 7:56 PM VICES AND VIRTUES Series editors Richard G. Newhauser and John Jeffries Martin Copyright © 2013 A. C. Grayling All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press) without written permission from the publishers. For information about this and other Yale University Press publications, please contact: US office: [email protected] www.yalebooks.com Europe Office: [email protected] www.yalebooks.co.uk Set in Sabon MT by IDSUK (Data Connection) Ltd Printed in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication Data Grayling, A. C. Friendship / A. C. Grayling. pages cm ISBN 978-0-300-17535-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Friendship. I. Title. BJ1533.F8G625 2013 177'.62—dc23 2013021868 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 4164.indd 4 16/07/13 7:56 PM amare curare sentire refovere osculari oblectare tangere fortunare 4164.indd 5 16/07/13 7:56 PM 4164.indd 6 16/07/13 7:56 PM Contents Acknowledgements ix Foreword by Richard G. Newhauser and John Jeffries Martin x Introduction 1 PART I Ideas 1 The Lysis and Symposium 19 2 The Classic Statement: Aristotle 31 3 Cicero De amicitia 42 4 Christianity and Friendship 61 5 Renaissance Friendship 76 6 From Enlightenment back to the Roman Republic 95 PART II Legends 7 Excursus: Friendship Illustrated 123 PART III Experiences 8 Friendship Viewed 169 4164.indd 7 16/07/13 7:56 PM Contents 9 Friendship Examined 176 10 The Two Claims 185 Notes 203 Bibliography 214 Index 219 viii 4164.indd 8 16/07/13 7:56 PM Acknowledgements My thanks go to Dr Hannah Dawson, who read the manuscript and made illuminating comments, Tosca Lloyd, who researched the references and bibliography, my other colleagues and students at the New College of the Humanities, London, the librarians at the University of London library, the London Library, the British Library, and the editorial staff at Yale University Press, for help and many acts of friendship ranging from the practical to the inspirational. 4164.indd 9 16/07/13 7:56 PM
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