Cicero: On friendship
Cicero: On friendship
read the following website WWW.sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/cicero-friendship.asp
and answer the following questions
1. Were Cicero’s ideas about friendship of value only to the Romans of his own era, or do they contain principles which can benefit any people in any place at any
time? Evaluate, supporting your argument with specific examples.
2. Does Cicero’s On Friendship have limitations, are there types of friendship which he does not cover, is his thought too simple, does he contradict himself?
Evaluate.
3. What does Cicero have to say about Greek ideas on friendship, and what do these utterances reveal about Roman attitudes toward the Greeks? Cite specific examples.