Marcus Tullius Cicero

De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream Marcus Tullius Cicero

* * * * * DE AMICITIA 1. Introduction. 2. Reputation of Laelius for wisdom. The curiosity to know how he bore the death of Scipio. 3. His grounds of consolation in his bereavement 4. He expresses his faith in immortality. Desires perpetual memory in this world of the friendship between himself and Scipio. 5. True friendship can exist only among good men. 6. Friendship defined. 7. Benefits derived from friendship. 8. Friendship founded not on need, but on nature. 9. The relation of utility to friendship. 10. Causes for the separation of friends.