How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship

Marcus Tullius CiceroPrinceton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691177199

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How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship

Marcus Tullius CiceroPrinceton University Press

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ISBN-10: 0691177198 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691177199 · 2018 · 1st Edition

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In this elegant translation of De Amicitia, Marcus Tullius Cicero explores the nature, value, and obligations of true friendship. Written in the form of a dialogue, the text offers timeless insights into how virtue and sincerity serve as the essential foundations for human connection, remaining as relevant to contemporary readers as they were in the first century BCE.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
1st EditionOct 09, 2018
Pages: 288Language: English

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Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Inferred: Ancient HistoryInferred: Classical AntiquityInferred: Moral PhilosophyInferred: Interpersonal Relationships

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Cornerstone of: Classical Philosophy

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