De amicita [...] is an impressive interdisciplinary volume of over thirty contributions [...]. The aptly chosen theme of these contributions is friendship in any possible variety and from any possible point of view, as the diversity of participating scholars dictates. From the editorial review by Prof. David Movrin, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Transdisciplinary Studies 25th Anniversary of OBTA DE AMICITIA in Friendship The ‘transdisciplinary’ nature of the corpus demonstrates how such variety and diversity may cohere through fidelity to a theme with a shared sense of purpose. As one of the articles reminds us through a reaching back to Aristotle, what ennobles humans is using our individual freedom to join a common quest for wisdom, the sort of knowledge that is not only true, but beautiful and good as well. That so many articles of such high quality – each of them important scholarship in a singular way – come together in one volume to offer the reader so many worth- while perspectives on friendship is itself an admirable accom- plishment. It is a sign of what university autonomy properly exploited can accomplish. From the editorial review by Prof. Mark O’Connor, Boston College, USA DE AMICITIA Transdisciplinary Studies in Friendship 9 7 8 8 3 6 3 6 3 6 5 8 6 DE AMICITIA FOR JERZY AXER AND JAN KIENIEWICZ AMICIS AMICI DE AMICITIA Transdisciplinary Studies in Friendship Edited by Katarzyna Marciniak and El˝bieta Olechowska 25th Anniversary of OBTA Warsaw 2016 De amicitia: Transdisciplinary Studies in Friendship Edited by Katarzyna Marciniak and Elżbieta Olechowska Scholarly Reviewers of Tis Volume Prof. David Movrin, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Prof. Mark O’Connor, Boston College, USA English Language Consultant Elżbieta Olechowska Typesetting & Index Michał Kucharski Cover and Title Pages Design Zbigniew Karaszewski Illustrations © by Turston Cleveland Hicks (pp. 2, 10, 50, 68, 80, 122, 124, 127, 170, 178, 244, 296, 370, 429) and Marek Olechowski (pp. 6, 34, 62, 92, 96, 110, 134, 148, 158, 190, 202, 222, 234, 254, 268, 282, 304, 320, 328, 350, 378, 394, 406, 416). Illustration for the chapter by Małgorzata Borowska has been taken from a manuscript copy of Kornaros’ Erotokritos, printed first in Venice in 1713 and re-printed in most later editions. Scan by Joanna Romanowicz. Ms dated 1710 is preserved at the British Museum, Harley MS 5644. Text © by Wydział „Artes Liberales”, Uniwersytet Warszawski and the Authors, 2016 Tis publication was financed through the University of Warsaw Fund for Research for 2015 and 2016 and the “Artes Liberales” Institute Foundation. ISBN 978-83-63636-58-6 Faculty of “Artes Liberales,” University of Warsaw Printed and Bound by Zakład Graficzny Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 00-927 Warszawa (No. 1338/2016) ALBUM AMICORUM Id est, as we took the liberty to reach to our ancient roots, the authors and other employees of OBTA / IBI AL / FAL in the years 1991–2016, including both full and part-time, also for periods of severals months who were conducting specific research and educational projects.* Maciej Abramowicz Taras Finikov Jerzy Axer Marcin Gapski Monika Bakke Eleonora Gąsiorowska Katarzyna Baran Cristina González Caizán Elżbieta Bardzińska Magdalena Gorlińska Jerzy Bartmiński Dorota Gostyńska Aleksandra Bergier Sławomir Górzyński Grzegorz Błachowicz Hieronim Grala Robert Borges Katarzyna Granicka Małgorzata Borowska Julita Gredecka Andrzej Borowski Agnieszka Gruszczyńska Katarzyna Bosk Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz Agnieszka Brylak Donald W. Harward Rozalia Budzyńska-Kowalska Turston Cleveland Hicks Tadeusz Bujnicki Aleksandra Hnatiuk Marek Bukszowany Natalia Jakowenko Marilyn Burton Ewa Jakubiec Simon Burton Marek Janicki Iwona Cechosz-Felczyk Ewa Janion Emilia Ceglarska Jan Jankowski Łukasz Ceglarski Michał Janocha Tomasz Chmielak Agnieszka Jasiewicz-Betkiewicz Michał Choptiany Katarzyna Jasińska-Zdun Bartłomiej Chromik Marzena Jesiotr Olga Chromik Oktawiusz Jurewicz Jan Ciechanowski Maria Kalinowska Małgorzata Cybulska-Braun Barbara Kamińska Grażyna Czetwertyńska Dorota Kamińska Iwona Dacka-Górzyńska Magdalena Kamińska Victoriano De La Cruz Cruz Przemysław Kaniecki Marek Demiański Renata Karaban Barbara Dębowczyk Sotirios Karageorgos Ivan Dimitrijević Małgorzata Kasner Andrzej Elżanowski Gregory Khaimovich Anna Engelking Jan Kieniewicz Piotr Fast Anna Kijanowska Marcin Kilarski Jakub Miziołek Zbigniew Kloch Jan Miziołek Joanna Kłos Zoja Morochojewa Jerzy Kolendo Jan Mrowiec Marta Kołodziejska Karolina Mroziewicz Marek Konarzewski Monika Mucha Joanna Konieczna-Sałamatin Anna Niegowska Teresa Kopczyńska Dorota Niegowska Stanisław Kordasiewicz Tomas Nørgaard Przemysław Kordos Alina Nowicka-Jeż Wanda Kossobudzka-Orłowska Elżbieta Olechowska Małgorzata Kot Michał Oleszczyk Nataliya Kotsyba Dorota Olko Ryszard Koziołek Justyna Olko Monika Kraszewska Hanna Ordęga-Hessenmuller Agnieszka Kraśnicka-Kisiel Tomasz Ososiński Małgorzata Krężlewicz-Dzieciątek Katarzyna Pacak Marzanna Krzewicka Karol Pacan Michał Kucharski Dobrosława Pańkowska Konrad Kuczara Joanna Partyka Agnieszka Kuniczuk-Trzcinowicz Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska Agata Kuran Hanna Paulouskaya Joanna Kurczewska Wiesława Pawlak Elżbieta Kwas Bogusław Pawłowski Alicja Lasota-Moskalewska Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Valentina Lepri Magdalena Piskała Zbigniew Lewicki Paulina Pludra-Żuk Dorota Łagodzka Alicja Podrażnik Rafał Łempicki Maria Poprzęcka Ewa Łukaszyk Patrycja Prządka-Giersz Julia Madajczak Robert Przybysz Ewa Majewska Stanisław Rabiej Andrzej Makowiecki Agnieszka Rabińska Jadwiga Malik Jacek Raszewski Katarzyna Marciniak Violetta Rączewska Robert Maryks Stefano Redaelli Michał Masłowski Janusz Rieger Mieczysław Mejor Tetyana Rodnyenkova Konrad Mędrzycki Bogusława Rokoszewska Magdalena Mielcarek Joanna Romanowicz Jan Miernowski Adam D. Rotfeld Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska Ewa Rudnicka Joanna Misiewicz Krzysztof Rutkowski Michał Mizera Miguel Ruz Barrio Marcin Ryszkiewicz Katarzyna Szafranowska Katarzyna Sadkowska Marek Szczypek Piotr Salwa Krystyna Szczytyńska Henryk Samsonowicz Ilona Szewczyk Irina Sawieliewa Ewa Szostak Sybille Schmidt Joanna Szutta Jörg Schulte Sebastian Szymański Aleksandra Sekuła Piotr Święconek Aleksandra Sienkiewicz Irina Tatarova Marzena Sienkiewicz Katarzyna Tomaszuk Anna Skolimowska Ryszard Tomicki Krzysztof Skonieczny Magdalena Turska Leszek Słupecki Andrzej Tymowski Janina Smułek Ewa Wesołowska Agnieszka Sobótka Kamil M. Wielecki Ewa Soroko Piotr Wilczek Włodzimierz Staniewski Jarosław Włodarczyk Barbara Stettner-Stefańska Cezary Wodziński Paweł Stępień Paweł Wojtas Barbara Stępniewska-Holzer Małgorzata Wojtyniak Małgorzata Stożek Witold Wołodkiewicz Martyna Studzińska Szymon Wróbel Jerzy Styka Agata Zalewska Robert A. Sucharski Grażyna Zaniewicz Jolanta Sujecka Krzysztof Zieliński John Sullivan Isabella Żołędziowska Zofia Sunderland And countless AMICI in Poland and abroad – may this beautiful Latin word reflect our respect and gratitude to our whole ARTES LIBERALES Community. * Te list based on employment records compiled with the help of Maria Guzik, Oct. 20, 2016. For more information see the volume Antiquity and We at the Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition (War- saw 2013, online: www.al.uw.edu.pl/antiquity_and_we). Table of Contents Julie J. Kidd A Journey of Friendship ......................................................................................................... Donald W. Harward On the Meaning of Friendship .............................................................................................. Maciej Abramowicz Family and Friendship: Two Literary Pillars of Chivalry ........................................................ Małgorzata Borowska Τῆς φιλιᾶς ἡ χάρη, or Friendship in Seventeenth-Century Cretan Literature ............................ Tadeusz Bujnicki Te Friendships of Sienkiewicz: On the Margins of the Author’s Letters to Mścisław Godlewski and Karol Potkański .......................................................................................................... Simon Burton Te Metaphysics of Divine and Human Friendship: A Fifteenth-Century Perspective ............. Grażyna Czetwertyńska On Collaboration, Trust, and Friendship in Teacher Groups, or Good Relations among Teachers and Teir Impact on the Work of an Educational Institution ................................................. Andrzej Elżanowski On the Evolution of Friendship ........................................................................................... Danilo Facca and Valentina Lepri In the Shadow of Cicero: An Early Modern Tink-Tank at the Academy of Zamość ............... Taras Finikov Project Proposal New Approaches for Transferring of Ancient Values to Postmodern Academic Community. Brief Executive Summary ................................................................................. Hieronim Grala “As to a Former Comrade and Friend”: Boris Godunov and Lev Sapieha during the Moscow Negotiations, 1601 AD ..................................................................................................... Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz “Kind Courtesy toward the Homeland”: On the Notion of Friendship between Citizens and the Republic ........................................................................................................................... Turston Cleveland Hicks Non-Darwinian Notions of Kinship and Friendship Between People and Great Apes in the Congo Basin ....................................................................................................................