“To know someone only from the outside is not really to ...

The interior life, a good in itself (bonum honestum), is also a useful good (bonum utile) in apostolic activities. Apart from a life of virtue, as Cicero recognized even before Augustine, friendships are likely to go astray. In St. Augustine’s words, “the bond of human friendship has a sweetness of its own, binding many souls together as one. ................
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