Thanks, Aristotle. Tharistotle.
On why the happy/excellent person, though self-sufficient, nonetheless benefits from friendship; and why self-interest and altruism amount to the same thing:
"If, then, for the blessedly happy person, being is choiceworthy, since it is naturally good and pleasant, and if the being of his friend is closely similar to his own, then the friend will also be choiceworthy.
...The excellent person is related to his friend in the same way he is related to himself, since a friend is another self; and therefore, just as his own being is choiceworthy for him, the friend's being is choiceworthy for him in the same or a similar way."
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Thriends.
"If, then, for the blessedly happy person, being is choiceworthy, since it is naturally good and pleasant, and if the being of his friend is closely similar to his own, then the friend will also be choiceworthy.
...The excellent person is related to his friend in the same way he is related to himself, since a friend is another self; and therefore, just as his own being is choiceworthy for him, the friend's being is choiceworthy for him in the same or a similar way."
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Thriends.
posted by Kat | 1/09/2010 11:18:00 am
2 Comments:
You're choice. Please continue your being.
I third or second or some other number that :)
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