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Throughout Aristotle’s examination of friendship in Nicomachean Ethics, he refers to the friendship between a parent and a child in a number of different ways. Aristotle believes that there are three different kinds of friendship. One type is a friendship based on the use one friend has for anther. In this case, two people are friends because they give an advantage to the other or serve some useful purpose. An example of this would be a person who is friends with someone because he is popular or has a lot of money. Another type of friendship is based on pleasure. This kind occurs when two people are friends because of the pleasure they bring to each other. As soon as the friendship brings less pleasure to one of them, the friendship will dissolve. The last type of friendship is based on the goodness of the two people. It forms when one decent person loves another decent person. This is the only lasting and true form of friendship. A good friendship can come from a friendship that starts out as pleasing or useful. All friendships require time to develop and grow, but only good friendships will endure over time. Early in Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle points out the difference between love and friendship. He uses the same three c
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Approximate Word count = 2130
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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