Friendship with God as an Ultimate Ideal in the Writings of Philo of Alexandria
Here’s a just published open access article in AUC Theologica. friendshiphellenismMarkéta Dudzikováphilo of alexandriaphilosophical theology
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Friendship in Commercial Society Revisited: Adam Smith on Commercial Friendship
Friendship is a rather unusual topic for Adam Smith scholars given the emphasis that the concept of sympathy has received in the field of Scottish Enlightenment scholarship. However it has been quite rightly pointed out that Smith considered sympathy to be central to commercial motivation (See Hanley, ms). The emblematic Smithian motto, the effort of…
The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
I’m looking forward to this. Check out the introduction as well. THE review here. Adam SmithDavid HumeDennis C. RasmussenfriendshipLiberalismScottish Enlightenmentscottish philosophy
Oakeshott on friendship
Friends are not concerned with what might be made of one another, but only with the enjoyment of one another; and the condition of this enjoyment is a ready acceptance of what is and the absence of any desire to change or to improve. A friend is not somebody one trusts to behave in a…
Syd Barrett
Much ink has been spilled over SB but viewing the two documentaries below (they do overlap) one is touched by how Pink Floyd kept his story alive and because of his absence, gave them new purpose. What other band that has lost a key member that has been so elegantly elegiac about their past colleague? Each band member is very articulate…
The Virtuous Whisky Drinker and Living Well
Richard Menary’s lovely essay I want to suggest that becoming a virtuous whisky drinker is not simply seeking after pleasurable sensations. Being a virtuous whisky drinker is taking pleasure in directing our senses at the complex array of tastes and smells that the beautiful dram affords us. My acquaintance enjoyed his sweet alcoholic mix, but…
Friendship in Commercial Society Revisited: Adam Smith on Commercial Friendship
Intro from Spiros Tegos’ chapter. Friendship is a rather unusual topic for Adam Smith scholars given the emphasis that the concept of sympathy has received in the field of Scottish Enlightenment scholarship. However it has been quite rightly pointed out that Smith considered sympathy to be central to commercial motivation (See Hanley, ms). The emblematic Smithian…
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