Aristotle On Friendship
Philosophical Ethics
December 6, 1995
Friendship is undoubtedly one of the most important elements in the
books of Aristotle's ethical principles. Aristotle takes the idea of friendship
to a serious degree. He categorizes them into three groups or types of
friendships. This report will attempt to define each type of friendship as well
as identify the role of friendship in a society.
Aristotle considers friendship to be a necessity to live. He claims
that no individual would chose to live without friends even if the individual
had all of the other good things in life. He also describes friendship as a
virtue and as just. Given the above statements on friendship, it is safe to say
that Aristotle felt that friendship is something that every human must have in
order to reach a peaceful state of mind. It has all of the qualities of good as
long as both parties of a friendship are considered good. Therefore, the role
of......
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