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Other Selves: How Major Philosophers Defined Friendship as a Mirror to the Soul
"The concept of friendship has long transcended casual social interaction in Western philosophy, frequently characterized as a profound mirror in which individuals encounter their "other selves." From classical antiquity to modern existentialism, thinkers have investigated how deep interpersonal bonds shape human identity, virtue, and moral responsibility. The Classical Foundations: Aristotle and Cicero on the Shared Soul The philosophical tradition of viewing a friend as an "other self" finds its most rigorous early articulations in classical Greece and Rome. For ancient philosophers, friendship (philia in Greek, amicitia in Latin) was not me..."
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