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dress, and all their way of life. And towards those who do not reproach us
with what we have done amiss to them or they have done to help us, for both
actions show a tendency to criticize us. And towards those who do not nurse
grudges or store up grievances, but are always ready to make friends again;
for we take it that they will behave to us just as we find them behaving to
every one else. And towards those who are not evil speakers and who are
aware of neither their neighbours’ bad points nor our own, but of our good
ones only, as a good man always will be. And towards those who do not try to
thwart us when we are angry or in earnest, which would mean being ready to
fight us. And towards those who have some serious feeling towards us, such
as admiration for us, or belief in our goodness, or pleasure in our company;
especially if they feel like this about qualities in us for which we especially
wish to be admired, esteemed, or liked. And towards those who are like
ourselves in character and occupation, provided they do not get in our way or
gain their living from the same source as we do-for then it will be a case of
‘potter against potter’:
Potter to potter and builder to builder begrudge their reward.
And those who desire the same things as we desire, if it is possible for us
both to share them together; otherwise the same trouble arises here too. And
towards those with whom we are on such terms that, while we respect their
opinions, we need not blush before them for doing what is conventionally
wrong: as well as towards those before whom we should be ashamed to do
anything really wrong. Again, our rivals, and those whom we should like to
envy us—though without ill-feeling—either we like these people or at least
we wish them to like us. And we feel friendly towards those whom we help to
secure good for themselves, provided we are not likely to suffer heavily by it
ourselves. And those who feel as friendly to us when we are not with them as
when we are-which is why all men feel friendly towards those who are
faithful to their dead friends. And, speaking generally, towards those who are
really fond of their friends and do not desert them in trouble; of all good men,
we feel most friendly to those who show their goodness as friends. Also
towards those who are honest with us, including those who will tell us of their
own weak points: it has just said that with our friends we are not ashamed of
what is conventionally wrong, and if we do have this feeling, we do not love
them; if therefore we do not have it, it looks as if we did love them. We also
like those with whom we do not feel frightened or uncomfortable-nobody can
like a man of whom he feels frightened. Friendship has various forms-
comradeship, intimacy, kinship, and so on.
Things that cause friendship are: doing kindnesses; doing them unasked;
and not proclaiming the fact when they are done, which shows that they were
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The Complete Aristotle
- Title
- The Complete Aristotle
- Author
- Aristotle
- Date
- ~322 B.C.
- Language
- English
- License
- PD
- Size
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Pages
- 2328
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Antique, Philosophie, Antike, Dialogues, Metaphysik, Metaphysics, Ideologie, Ideology, Englisch
- Categories
- Geisteswissenschaften
- International
Table of contents
- 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