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Seneca on Philosophy and Friendship

The Daily Stoic

CHAPTER

The Philosophical Value of Friendship

This chapter explores the nature of friendship and its importance in cultivating noble qualities, contrasting the wise man's self-sufficiency with the intrinsic human desire for companionship. It also examines the joy of forming new friendships alongside the value of maintaining existing ones, emphasizing the universal need for connection.

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