Rambam vs. Seneca on True Friendship (Seneca Letter #3: On True and False Friendship, Part 1)

In today’s episode we begin a new letter on a topic we haven’t explored before: friendship. We compare Seneca’s criteria for real friends vs. fake friends with the Rambam’s broader criteria, as stated in his commentary on Pirkei Avos. Which classification of friends do you agree with more?
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Sources:
- Click here to access the full text of Seneca's Letter #3
- Pirkei Avos 1:6, with Rambam's commentary
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Stoic texts:
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Letters from a Stoic Master (Seneca)
The Discourses of Epictetus
The Enchiridion (Handbook) of Epictetus
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