Aristotle (and Oakeshott) on Friendship
Nicomachean Ethics, 'On being conservative,' the Peripatetics vs. the Stoics
One of the most striking features of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is that nearly one third of its content is on a single aspect of the ethical life. It is not one of the virtues — not courage, not prudence, not greatness of soul. It is not the life of contemplation, nor the life of politics. It is friendship.
Friendship is a subject which we have large…
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