Friendship

Before reading Aristotle’s beliefs about friendship, I had believed that the only people I considered friends were those that Aristotle considers friends of virtue and all others were acquaintances. While I’m still acclimating to this new nomenclature, listing my friends and classifying them was a somewhat cathartic experience. After compiling my catalog of friends, I immediately noticed that I have numerous more friends than I had anticipated. Once the initial boost in self-pride subsided,…

Some of the best friendships are between you and someone you may have disliked at one time. At least that’s the case for me. I hated my best friend Victoria for the longest time when we were younger. There was no reason for me to dislike her either. I just did, and she was well aware of it. One day she came up to me at recess and even asked me why I didn’t like her, and my response was, “I just don’t.” This went on for quite a few years, until one year we played volleyball together. She was the…

Friendships Friendship is something that many people have at a job or at school. Most friendships start with an interpersonal relationship with one another. Many friendships like to have a mutually productive thought with each other and give mutual positives regard. If you never have any talk to with one another more than one time, and to start with a mutual positives comment is something that you want to give to each other. It a good start to make a friend. Your friend can give you and…

Ethics VIII-IX ‘Friendship’ In this paper, I will consider Aristotle arguments of friendship as presented in the Nicomachean Ethics VIII-IX. I will analyze and discuss the Aristotle prescription of what friendship is, its role in the life of every individual and the society as whole, as well as what people are supposed to focus for them to have a beneficial win-win relationship. According to Aristotle & Roger (142), Friendship is the existence of goodwill between two people. Friendships exist in…

own personal morals. Friendship happens when two moral and good people have a shared activity, where they both contribute in the friendship, thus learning about each other. For Aristotle, being moral in life pertains to human happiness. For Cicero, friendship is central to our lives and involves goodwill. Universal rules and internal morality of the friendship is explored on its own and through the ideas in the works of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Cicero’s On Friendship (De Amitcitia).…

Without friends no one would choose to live (Aristotle). Although there are a few controversy views on friendship across many generations friendships develop in our early stages of life. Our most prominent friends are while we are smaller such as close family members or even more relatable, our siblings. To further define friendship is the conduct of friends and a union between individuals. Friendships serves as therapeutic value (Kaiser 2012). They are there to be supportive and give guidance. …

with girls and I have also been the girlfriend. Along with the years came the knowledge that friendship is essential to this high school world. I thrive of friendship not only through social media, but through simply walking the halls and finding a “circle” to belong to. I need friends to feel like I fit in, and to feel needed and appreciated. Somehow, by the grace of God, I have managed to keep many friendships with various people when all around me I see crumbling relationships. I have seen…

exactly the same way, or live near each other to remain friends. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, the many different friendships that develop also reflect the meanings behind this quote. The characters in the book do not always agree with each other, yet they keep open minds about ideas differing from their own and consequently grow much because of these relationships. The necessity of friendship throughout life can be seen in the interactions between the characters Reuven, Danny, and Rev Malters.…

Of Mice and Men “Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend”-Albert Camus .In the novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, explores the elements of true friendship. Friendship is a very important theme in the novel, and Steinbeck does a mesmerizing job of portraying that you always need to be there for one another. The main characters George and Lennie have a brotherly bond for each other. For example Lennie…

Online Friendships The Internet in this day and age is larger than ever. A person can connect with someone from across the world with just the click of a button and this technology has caused people to not only connect, but form close relationships with people they would have never had the chance to meet before. This raises the question, is befriending people you meet online safe? Talking to people you meet over the Internet can actually be beneficial to many teens and, especially in shy or…