Aristotle extensively examines the stability of the three types of friendship in Nicomachean Ethics. “Friendship has three species, corresponding to the three objects of love. For each of love has a corresponding type of mutual loving, combined with awareness of it” (Aristotle, 121). The first two types of friendship, utility and pleasure, are relatively fragile. These types of friendships are only good for as long as our wants and desires remain the same. Once they change it affects what we find useful or pleasurable leaving the friendship prone to dissolution. For instance, a person visits the same hair salon every month. However, a newer and better hair salon has opened offering services for a more affordable price. The friendship built
