What Friendship is: The Three Main Types of Aristotelian Friendship | Professor Michael Gorman
The Thomistic Institute
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The Importance of Well Wishing in Friendships
Aristotle's distinction between imperfect and perfect friendships is probably sounds pretty plausible to a lot of people. The core of this loving is well wishing or benevolence and doing well, beneficence for the other person in the imperfect kinds of friendship. We want what's good for them, even if it doesn't affect us well. But Aristotle seems to think only good people can have friendships with the full.
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