Review of Aristotle
There are several different types of friendship and within those types, there are different levels. One of the basic types is between the rich class and the poor class. It seems as if the wealthy need friends in order to share their possessions and belongs. After all, what good are money and material items without anybody to share them with? Those living near poverty need friends on a more desperate basis. They feel much more secure if they have friends to protect them when "the road gets rough." (p. 688). When we travel about, we may see a man with many friends. Often times we tend to think of this man as well liked, or possible a noble man. This thought is derived from the amount of friends around him. For example, there are two men. One has a single friend beside him. The other has five friends around him. Most likely, we will think of the man with five friends to be more noble and well liked than the man with one friend. It is always good to have friends, after all, aren't two brains better than one? However, we must watch how we chose our friends. The ideal friendship, also known as the perfect relationship, is based on love and affection. How we choose our friends is all together different. It is like the
Aristotle mentions that friendship "is that which is good relatively to each individual that is lovable in his eyes." In my opinion, I see this as the classic quote, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder." This is so very true. As we all know, we are all different and we see each other in different ways. So it is only likely, that we will choose our friends through traits that we see appealing and attractive. If we are lucky enough, that person we choose as a friend will see us in the same manner, yielding a "perfect friendship" (p. 691). As Aristotle has mentioned, these kinds of friendships are rare, but extremely precious. Throughout this review, I believe that I have done a decent job of summarizing and critiquing Aristotle's Friendship. I have made it complex, with a simple tone to it. One of the two intellectual traits that I have carried out is Intellectual Humility. I do not consider myself a great philosopher, but I can "hold my own." I know where my knowledge ends, and that is where I stop writing. For example, I am not rich, nor poor, so when I spoke of friendship between these two classes, I spoke in general. This is because I live neither of the two lives, which limits my knowledge regarding these classes. old saying, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder." If we have a "real friend" we wish him well for his own sake, not for the conversation's sake. This type of relationship is extremely rare; it takes two of a kind with similar interests and moral beliefs to form it. In critiquing Aristotle's work, I must say that he has done an excellent job with writing this piece. I was
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