Auteur: Baumfeld, Lilly
Titre: A Friend of Virtue: Cicero and Maimonides on Ideal Friendship
Revue/Collection: Parnassus: Classical Journal, 12
Annèe edition: 2025
Pages: 1-8
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: The philosophy of friendship is one that resonates throughout time and between cultures. From Cicero’s De Amicitia in ancient Rome, to sections of the rabbi Maimonides’ Pirkei Avot in the Middle Ages, it has stayed relevant. What has also stayed relevant between these two times and cultures is the pursuit for ideal friendship, and how to judge when that is achieved. The judge, as both Cicero and Maimonides claim, is virtue. However, while both Cicero and Maimonides believe that virtue is paramount in regard to friendship, they define that virtue differently [Author]
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Liens: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1119&context=parnassus-j
Sigle auteur: Baumfeld 2025
Titre: A Friend of Virtue: Cicero and Maimonides on Ideal Friendship
Revue/Collection: Parnassus: Classical Journal, 12
Annèe edition: 2025
Pages: 1-8
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: The philosophy of friendship is one that resonates throughout time and between cultures. From Cicero’s De Amicitia in ancient Rome, to sections of the rabbi Maimonides’ Pirkei Avot in the Middle Ages, it has stayed relevant. What has also stayed relevant between these two times and cultures is the pursuit for ideal friendship, and how to judge when that is achieved. The judge, as both Cicero and Maimonides claim, is virtue. However, while both Cicero and Maimonides believe that virtue is paramount in regard to friendship, they define that virtue differently [Author]
Oeuvres:
Liens: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1119&context=parnassus-j
Sigle auteur: Baumfeld 2025
