"He who takes friendship from life surely takes the sun out of the world," says Laelius. Starting from the question of how he endures the death of his good friend Scipio Africanus, Cicero develops a lively dialogue about what true friendship entails and what distinguishes a genuine friend. The work 'Laelius de amicitia' / 'Laelius on Friendship,' written a year before his death, is appropriately dedicated by Cicero to his own good friend Atticus.