Special Themes in Friendship - Aristotle's Ethics | Professor Michael Gorman
The Thomistic Institute
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Advice From Uncle Aristotle
Aristotle: We owe different things to different friends. He says, a rough rule is that you pay debt before showing paper. But then he says, it's not always, he says, sometimes other factors intervene. So if you are captured and somebody ran some money out of your bank account, the first thing you should do is repay them with cash. That's what you should do. You'd like to pay him back. The next step would be to ask for his help taking care of your three dogs while you're away in Florida. And when they say 'yes' or 'no,' don't go at all. It doesn't matter how many people there are; just
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