friendship
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Aristotle on friendship: “an absolute necessity in life. No one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all the other goods” (Book VIII, Nicomachean Ethics). He goes on to say that there are three kinds, none of which are intrinsically evil: (1) based on utility, (2) based on pleasure, (3) based on
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So while Aristostle and Christians both embrace the theological notion that perfection and imperfection cannot cohabitate, this is not where the story ends in the Christian faith.
Dr. BJ Condrey 