Daniel Schwartz is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and the Department of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Daniel Schwartz presents and examines the thoughts of the great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas on the subject of friendship - the ideal type of relationship that rational beings should cultivate. Using examples from the world of human relationships and politics and highlighting the contemporary relevance of texts that are not readily available to scholars, Schwartz facilitates access to the ideas of this great thinker.

• 1: Aquinas on friendship: larger themes


• 2: What concord requires


• 3: Friendship and conformity of wills


• 4: What prevents us from joining other people's projects: pride as an impediment to conformity of wills


• 5: Friendship and uncertainty: presumptions and hope


• 6: Friendship and recourse to justice


• 7: Justice, satisfaction, and restoration of friendship


• 8: Concluding Remarks