With two seemingly dichotomous understandings of the nature of friendship, how exactly can both conceptions be true?
The study of the philosophy of friendship provides us with an opportunity to explore the concept of dissimulation and its vital role in friendship. Novelist Marcel Proust believed that friendship was only bearable if we wear masks of good manners. This makes a deep and honest friendship very challenging. He believed that the greatest honesty meant acknowledging that real friendship […]
