Just got this in the mail, on a forgotten subject: the virtue of friendship & its relationship to politics. It was also treated by Aristotle, Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, & many Islamic theologians & philosophers. In my view, virtue friendship is the alternative to liberalism. 1/7

From the introduction:

For a good treatment of friendship in Aristotle I highly recommend “Friendship and Moral Action in Aristotle” Robert Sokolowski, which may or may not be available for free on certain Russian sites. 2/7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1011821714012#article-info

Here is ibn Rushd on friendship, from his Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric. (Starting at the bottom of the page.) Many other Islamic scholars wrote on this such as Miskawayh, al-Ghazali etc. 3/7

Ibn Rushd on friendship, cont 4/7

Ibn Rushd on friendship, cont. 5/7

Ibn Rushd on friendship, cont. 6/7

Here’s a good article on friendship in Miskawayh 7/7 https://dialogosphere.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/friendship-miskawayh-and-the-ethical-tradition/