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.
Reviews
There has been ... no book at all on the whole range of issues concerning love and friendship in both Plato and Aristotle ... A. W. Price's new book fills this gap, with eloquence and penetration ... the book [is] a valuable study of its topics as well as its texts. * Martha Nussbaum, Times Literary Supplement *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198248996
Author A. W. Price
Format Paperback
Page Count 286
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 18mm