A Philosopher Looks at Friendship
(Sprache: Englisch)
"While for centuries friendship has fascinated and puzzled philosophers, they haven't always been able to fit it into their theories. The author explores friendship as something hard to deal with in the neat and tidy ways of philosophical theory - but...
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"While for centuries friendship has fascinated and puzzled philosophers, they haven't always been able to fit it into their theories. The author explores friendship as something hard to deal with in the neat and tidy ways of philosophical theory - but nevertheless as one of the central goods of human experience"--
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Prelude: eighteen aphorisms; 1. Three friendships, and lots of questions; 2. Philosophers of friendship: an apology; 3. Why I don't start with a formal definition of friendship; 4. Examples of friendship; 5. Beginning the natural history of friendship; 6. Deepening the natural history of friendship; 7. Being with others; 8. Lewis's Four Loves-and Nygren's two; 9. Aristotle's three kinds of Philia-and Aristotle's will; 10. Friendship, love, and second-personality; 11. Friendship as an unemphatic good; 12. Bertrand Russell and his over-emphatic 'German' friend; 13. Sensitivity to tacit knowledge; 14. Innocence; 15. Moralism; 16. Roles and spontaneity; 17. The benefits of friendship; 18. Eighteen quick questions and eighteen quick answers; Notes; References; Index.
Autoren-Porträt von Sophie Grace Chappell
Sophie Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at The Open University. Her philosophy books include Ethics and Experience, Knowing What to Do, Epiphanies, and Trans Figured. She is also a published poet (Songs For Winter Rain, 2021).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sophie Grace Chappell
- 2024, 208 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Pr.
- ISBN-10: 1009255541
- ISBN-13: 9781009255547
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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