ON FRIENDSHIP

Friends are a constant feature of our lives, yet friendship itself is difficult to define. Even Michel de Montaigne, author of the s eminal essay Of Friendship, found it nearly impossible to account for the great friendship of his life. Why is something so common place and universal so hard to grasp? What is it about the nature of friendship that proves so elusive?In On Friendship, the acclaim ed philosopher Alexander Nehamas launches an original and far- ranging investigation of friendship. Exploring the long history of ph ilosophica...[Llegir més]