The Company We Keep
True Friendship and Why It MattersBy Michael Pakaluk
Length4h 6m
About this audiobook
What does it mean to live friendship as a Christian? In a culture of fleeting connections and digital noise, The Company We Keep offers a compelling return to the wisdom of Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, the Gospel, and Christian tradition to rediscover the lost art and meaning of true friendship as a vital part of holiness and disicpleship.
Audiobook details
GenrePhilosophy
Length4 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening
2Preface
3Part 1: The Basic Theory of Friendship
4Chapter 1: Two Maxims
5Chapter 2: The Nature of Love
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6Chapter 3: What Friendship Is
7Chapter 4: The Application of the Definition
8Chapter 5: Two Types of Friendship
9Chapter 6: A Third Type of Friendship
10Chapter 7: The Moral of the Butcher and the Baker
11Chapter 8: New Realities
12Part 2: The Practice of Christian Friendship
13Chapter 1: The Importance of Friendship: One
14Chapter 2: The Importance of Friendship: Two
15Chapter 3: Marks of Genuine Friendship
16Chapter 4: How to Form Genuine Friendships
17Chapter 5: What Makes Friendship Difficult Today
18Chapter 6: Some Particular Advice About Friendships Once Formed
19Chapter 7: Friendship Between Husband and Wife
20Chapter 8: Friendship Between Parents and Children
21Appendix
22Closing
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