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day. But these people do wish to spend their days and lives together; for it is
thus that they attain the purpose of their friendship.
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in
virtue; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good
themselves. Now those who wish well to their friends for their sake are most
truly friends; for they do this by reason of own nature and not incidentally;
therefore their friendship lasts as long as they are good-and goodness is an
enduring thing. And each is good without qualification and to his friend, for
the good are both good without qualification and useful to each other. So too
they are pleasant; for the good are pleasant both without qualification and to
each other, since to each his own activities and others like them are
pleasurable, and the actions of the good are the same or like. And such a
friendship is as might be expected permanent, since there meet in it all the
qualities that friends should have. For all friendship is for the sake of good or
of pleasure-good or pleasure either in the abstract or such as will be enjoyed
by him who has the friendly feeling-and is based on a certain resemblance;
and to a friendship of good men all the qualities we have named belong in
virtue of the nature of the friends themselves; for in the case of this kind of
friendship the other qualities also are alike in both friends, and that which is
good without qualification is also without qualification pleasant, and these are
the most lovable qualities. Love and friendship therefore are found most and
in their best form between such men.
But it is natural that such friendships should be infrequent; for such men
are rare. Further, such friendship requires time and familiarity; as the proverb
says, men cannot know each other till they have ‘eaten salt together’; nor can
they admit each other to friendship or be friends till each has been found
lovable and been trusted by each. Those who quickly show the marks of
friendship to each other wish to be friends, but are not friends unless they
both are lovable and know the fact; for a wish for friendship may arise
quickly, but friendship does not.
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This kind of friendship, then, is perfect both in respect of duration and in
all other respects, and in it each gets from each in all respects the same as, or
something like what, he gives; which is what ought to happen between
friends. Friendship for the sake of pleasure bears a resemblance to this kind;
for good people too are pleasant to each other. So too does friendship for the
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The Complete Aristotle
- Titel
- The Complete Aristotle
- Autor
- Aristotle
- Datum
- ~322 B.C.
- Sprache
- englisch
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- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
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- 2328
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- Philosophy, Antique, Philosophie, Antike, Dialogues, Metaphysik, Metaphysics, Ideologie, Ideology, Englisch
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156