Cicero: On friendship.
Allia| N° d'inventaire | 30785 |
| Format | 10.2 x 17 |
| Détails | 144 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791030418651 |
Virtue constitutes the only good superior to friendship, writes Cicero. It is therefore only through this same virtue that friendship will fully flourish. In this philosophical dialogue, he gives Laelius the floor to clarify his views.
Like fine wines, beautiful friendships improve with age. It is therefore important not to get lost in relationships driven by the vain pursuit of fleeting satisfaction. On the contrary, friendship requires firmness and solidity, Stoic virtues par excellence. In his eulogy, Cicero is a contemptuous critic of hypocrites and an apologist for honest men, the only ones worthy of receiving the precious sesame of friendship. But he also offers a text with political significance, written in 44 BC, shortly after Caesar's death...
Virtue constitutes the only good superior to friendship, writes Cicero. It is therefore only through this same virtue that friendship will fully flourish. In this philosophical dialogue, he gives Laelius the floor to clarify his views.
Like fine wines, beautiful friendships improve with age. It is therefore important not to get lost in relationships driven by the vain pursuit of fleeting satisfaction. On the contrary, friendship requires firmness and solidity, Stoic virtues par excellence. In his eulogy, Cicero is a contemptuous critic of hypocrites and an apologist for honest men, the only ones worthy of receiving the precious sesame of friendship. But he also offers a text with political significance, written in 44 BC, shortly after Caesar's death...