Amor amicitiae: On the Love that is Friendship

Essays in Medieval Thought and Beyond in Honor of the Rev. Professor James McEvoy

edited by P.W. Rosemann and T.A.F. Kelly

Extent: 465 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Philosophy

Series: Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales - Bibliotheca

Series volume number: 6

Language: English

(Paperback) (Out of print)

(June 2004)

ISBN: 9789042913950

Price: $82.00

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This volume honors the Rev. Professor James McEvoy on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. The theory of friendship, which has been one of McEvoy’s major fields of research and publication, used to be at the heart of the philosophical project, and indissociable from it. For Socrates, philosophy was possible only as the pursuit of wisdom, virtue, and beauty in a community of friends engaged in an “erotic” quest for the good. The present volume wants to make a contribution to the recovery of the friendship theme in its central importance to philosophy. It contains eighteen contributions by colleagues and pupils of Professor McEvoy from three different continents, who approach the topics of friendship, love, and charity from a variety of different angles. Several contributions are devoted to the theory of friendship in ancient and medieval thought, including its Christian appropriation. Others analyze friendship in modern and contemporary philosophy, while two contributors introduce cross-cultural perspectives (Hinduism and traditional African thought). This volume will help to throw into higher relief the importance of the philosophy of friendship, as well as stimulating further discussion on this intriguing topic.

Edited by TAF Kelly
Edited by PW Rosemann

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