Philosophy and Friendship

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An historical survey of primary texts which discuss friendship. Readings in the course include authors of the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary periods in the history of philosophy. Some of these authors are, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, de Montaigne, Bacon, Kant, Emerson, Nietzsche, Gray, Arendt and Sartre.