论西塞罗友谊观的特点

Characteristics of Cicero＇s View on Friendship

西塞罗认为友谊以美德为基础，是品格、兴趣、意向、目的和谐一致并为两个人或少数几个人共享的情感。他提倡为友谊而友谊的崇高而纯洁的友谊观。但西塞罗又是一个务实的罗马人，并不排除朋友之间地位、才智、财富上的差别，而主张通过平等、尊重和互相帮助和谐共处；强调友谊的崇高又力图使友谊符合实际，并联系罗马国家的实际情况论述友谊，带有浓厚的政治色彩；另外，其友谊观还渗透了斯多葛派的哲学思想。

Cicero holds that friendship,with virtues as its foundation,is a noble and pure feeling shared by two or more people with common character,interest,thought and goal. As a practical Roman,Cicero advocates harmonious coexistence of friends by way of equality, mutual respect and assistance in spite of their differences in position, wisdom and wealth. He emphasizes the nobility of friendship as well as its practicality in the light of Rome＇s reality. His view on friendship embodies strong political color and Stoic philosophic thought.