Dante's Idea of Friendship : : The Transformation of a Classical Concept / / Filippa Modesto.
In the ancient world, friendship was a virtue of great philosophical importance. Aristotle wrote extensively about it, as did Cicero. Their conception of friendship as a relationship based on reason and virtue was transformed by Christianity into a connection based on the mutual love of an individua...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante's Convivio
- 3. Cicero's De Amicitia and Dante's Convivio
- 4. Christian Friendship
- 5. The Vita Nuova: Dante's Friendship with Guido Cavalcanti and Others
- 6. Amor and Amicizia in Inferno 2
- 7. Friendship in Purgatorio 30 and Purgatorio 31
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index