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Aquinas on Friendship
In the last few decades philosophers have rediscovered friendship as a distinct topic of interest. Aristotle’s thought has been, justifiably, the starting point for most philosophical work on friendship, and often its focus. This renewal of philosophical interest has seldom, however, translated into interest in what Aquinas and other medieval philosophers had to say about friendship. Interest in Aquinas’s views on friendship has so far remained confined mainly to theologians.¹ The fact that Aquinas’s views on friendship are not easily approachable (we find them scattered throughout his work, often within highly theological discussions) bears part of the blame for this state of affairs. Probably, though, we should lay some of the blame on the widespread perception that the Christian notion of friendship is far too removed both from the friendship theorized by the Greeks and from that which we experience in our lives...
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