Excerpt from Laelivs De AmicitiaWe cannot be sure that Cicero read Plato at the time he composed the Laelius, though he paraphrases him at length in the Cato Maior. Cicero does present, however, several sentiments which correspond to the views of Plato: eg. In 3 he is following closely the introduction of the T Neither can we be certain that Cicero read Aristotle or used his works in connection with the com position of this essay, though Reid and others have pointed out certain ideas which the Laelius and the Nz'comac/zmfl Ethos have in common.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.