How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
Marcus Tullius Cicero • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691177199
How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
Marcus Tullius Cicero • Princeton 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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