Importance of Friendship Friendship is one of the most important elements in the books of Aristotle’s ethical principles. Aristotle takes the idea of friendship to a serious degree by saying: “For without friends no one would choose to live‚ though he had all other goods” (1155a5). It is really an understatement saying that Aristotle cares about friendship. He categorizes into three different types of friendships. The first friendship is based on utility‚ the second pleasure‚ and the third is the
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Kayla Saeteurn Friendship is the Value of Life “They’re a rotten crowd’‚ I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Great Gatsby Everyone places value on something for very different reasons. The most significant thing is what our values are and the importance we give to those values. So many things that we think have so much value‚ really have transient value‚ and we overlook the things of true and lasting importance
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Aristotle has defined three types of friendships for us to evaluate: utility‚ pleasure‚ and true friendship. A utility friendships are better described as alliances. These friendships are beneficial to both parties and the duration of the friendship lasts until they prove to not be useful anymore. This type of friendship is very common. An example of a utility friendship is a political alliance or business alliance. The next type of friendship is of pleasure. These friendships are based on mutual enjoyment
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Touching Spirit Bear is a book about a teenager named Cole Matthews‚ who can’t control his anger. Cole attacks Peter Driscal and smashes his head on the sidewalk. Cole is going to go to jail‚ but Cole’s parole officer‚ Garvey‚ suggests the Native American Circle Justice. Cole is banished to an abandoned Alaskan island for one year. While he is there‚ a mysterious white bear called a Spirit Bear mauls Cole. Cole nearly died. After the attack Cole’s feelings really changed and he wasn’t nearly as angry
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People tend to share everything with their closest friends about their hopes‚ secrets and insecurities. It is a genuinely nice feeling when a person knows that they have someone to run to when they have problems and wanted to be comforted. Friendship completes a person. Without it‚ a person ’s world will be in complete darkness. Friendships enrich the existence of a person. It plays a crucial part in shaping someone ’s life. As what most people say‚ a real friend is a treasure since it is very
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Friendship The world is made up of people and is organized‚ divided‚ and held together by the people with relationships and friendships. Going along with Woodrow Wilson‚ these friendships are what will hold the world together. People have many friendships in their lives. I will tell you how these friendships are the only thing that will hold the world together. There are many different relationships that organize the world. For example the United States is held together by friendship. The U.S.
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it comes to friendship‚ most everyone has something to say. No matter where you look‚ the theme of friendship is always present‚ whether it be through quotes‚ such as one written by Saint Jerome that states‚ "The friendship that can cease has never been real" or through songs‚ such as You’ve Got a Friend in Me from the film Toy Story. Aristotle felt that friendship was so important that he devoted an entire section of the Nicomachean Ethics to it. Aristotle’s beliefs of friendship are‚ for the
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Three Benefits I Have Had With a Close Friendship When the traditional family‚ one with both parents and the children living in the same home‚ only on television or from an outsider’s perspective‚ the families appear to be perfect. The family seems happy all the time. However‚ when looking at your own family it is sometimes realized that this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact‚ in some families it is the complete opposite‚ and in my family specifically‚ I thought it was the norm to
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Aristotle and Friendship According to Aristotle‚ there are three kinds of friendship based on three kinds of love that unite people. Aristotle defines friendship through the word‚ philia. Philia is the emotional bond between human beings which provides the basis for all forms of social organizations‚ common effort‚ and personal relationships between people. The three kinds of friendship Aristotle explains are utility‚ pleasure‚ and complete friendship. Friendship based on mutual utility
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~~~”TRUE FRIENDSHIP"~~~ Have you ever wondered what the real essence of the saying "A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed" is? People talk about the true value of friendship actually without knowing what it stands for. True friendship is the one‚ in which the individuals do not have to maintain formalities with each other. Sharing true friendship is the situation‚ when the person you are talking about is counted as one among your family members‚ when the relation you share with him/her reaches
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