{"product_id":"dantes-idea-of-friendship","title":"Dante's Idea of Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 individual and God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDante’s Idea of Friendship\u003c\/em\u003e, Filippa Modesto offers sharp readings of the \u003cem\u003eCommedia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVita Nuova\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eConvivio\u003c\/em\u003e that demonstrate Dante’s interest in that theme. Drawing on a lucid and wide-ranging examination of the literature on friendship, she shows how he weaved together the contradictory classical and the Christian concepts of friendship into a harmonious synthesis in which friendship became a handmaiden to salvation and happiness. A fresh, perceptive interpretation of Dante’s works, \u003cem\u003eDante’s Idea of Friendship\u003c\/em\u003e will engage medievalists, classicists, and scholars of friendship throughout the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Filippa Modesto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575359307958,"sku":"9781442650596","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442650596_f2b9c22a-73fd-45d9-9ba9-df77a91061ef.jpg?v=1727458036","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/dantes-idea-of-friendship","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}