The form of politics : Aristotle and Plato on friendship / John von Heyking.
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TextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 66.Publisher: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780773599284
- 0773599282
- 9780773599291
- 0773599290
- Aristotle -- Criticism and interpretation
- Plato -- Criticism and interpretation
- Aristote -- Pens�ee politique et sociale
- Platon -- Pens�ee politique et sociale
- Aristotle
- Plato
- Friendship -- Political aspects
- Political science -- Philosophy
- Amiti�e
- Science politique -- Philosophie
- Amiti�e -- Aspect politique
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
- Friendship -- Political aspects
- Political science -- Philosophy
- 320.01 23
- JA71
- cci1icc
- coll13
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"For statesmen, friendship is the lingua franca of politics. Considering the connections between personal and political friendship, John von Heyking's The Form of Politics interprets the texts of Plato and Aristotle and emphasizes the role that friendship has in enduring philosophical and contemporary political contexts. Beginning with a discussion on virtue-friendship, described by Aristotle and Plato as an agreement on what qualifies as the pursuit of good, The Form of Politics demonstrates that virtue and political friendship form a paradoxical relationship in which political friendships need to be nourished by virtue-friendships that transcend the moral and intellectual horizons of the political society. Von Heyking then examines Aristotle's ethical and political writings--which are set within the boundaries of political life--and Plato's dialogues on friendship in Lysis and the Laws, which characterize political friendship as festivity. Ultimately, arguing that friendship is the high point of a virtuous political life, von Heyking presents a fresh interpretation of Aristotle and Plato's political thought, and a new take on the most essential goals in politics. Inviting reassessment of the relationship between friendship and politics by returning to the origins of Western philosophy, The Form of Politics is a lucid work on the foundations of political cooperation."-- Provided by publisher.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Friendship Is the Form of Politics -- pt. ONE ARISTOTLE AND THE HORIZON OF COMMON SENSE -- 2. Sunaisthetic Friendship: The "Most Intense and Best" Love -- 3. Political Friendship as Storytelling, Practical Wisdom through Mimesis -- pt. TWO PLATO AND THE DAIMONIC HORIZON -- 4. Hermes as Eros in Plato's Lysis -- 5. Evoking Friendship as the Form of Politics in Plato's Laws -- 6. Political Friendship as Learning to Dance Together -- 7. "The Argument Is Singing to Us Now": Founders' Friendship and Cosmic Friendship in Plato's Laws -- 8. Conclusion: Dwelling Together.
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