David Underhill – 07 Oct 04 (Week 7, cont.) – P.201-207

Friendship (Aristotle) (201)

• Bk 8, Ch1 – “two going together” are better than one; friendship is noble
• Bk 8, Ch2 – Motives for love: 1)
• Do not love lifeless things because 1) they cannot return affection; 2) we do not wish their good
• Some friends are made out of utility – not for pleasures sake and dissolves when utility declines/varies
• Perfect friendship is the friendship of people who are good and alike in virtue and wish each other well
• Lasts as long as their goodness
• Naturally permanent
• Rare because people like this are rare
• Bk 8, Ch4 – Friendships between parent/child, etc are unequal and therefore a different kind of friendship
• Bk 9, Ch3 – It is not unreasonable to break friendships if the friend changes
• Do not treat past friends as enemies – show some consideration

The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle (205) (J. Glenn Gray)

• Comrades have lived through hard and dangerous experiences which make them devoted to each other for life
• Camaraderie is stronger than friendship and rarely can anything stronger be attained
• Essential difference is the suppression of self in comradeship
• Friends can endure war’s horror without losing zest for life
• A lost friend’s companionship is not replaceable