Aquinas on Friendship

The book has a lot of merit... The reasoning applied th these issues is closely spun, in the best analytic style, and also conscientiously persistent. * James McEvoy, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly *
With Aquinas on Friendship Daniel Schwartz has made a most impressive and unquestionably significant contribution not only to the recent philosophical and theological literature on friendship, but also to scholarship on Aquinas. The respect and care with which he explores key passages on friendship throughout the work of Aquinas results in a book that is a treasure for anyone interested in discovering that there is much more in Aquinas on friendship than his treatise on charity in the Summa Theologiae. Moreover, Schwartz's research demonstrates that one can find in Aquinas an understanding of friendship that is both immensely hopeful and comforting. * Paul J. Wadell, Modern Theology *
Not only does this study ably present us with interactions with Aquinas's views on friendship, but it also suggests a number of points of contemporary resonance...a surprisingly stimulating book. * Philip McCosker, Theology, Ethics and Philosophy *
Schwartz has made a welcome contribution to the growing literature on Aquinas's ethics, and his book will be a good resource for those interested in Aquinas's views on friendship. * Michael Rota, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
a penetrating study * Richard Cross, Times Literary Supplement *
Schwartz's eight concise chapters are among the most refreshing and original studies of Aquinas in recent years. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *