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Who Needs Friends? #15

Who Needs Friends? #15

An unexpected lesson from Aristotle

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Dr Andreas Matthias
Oct 13, 2020
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What is friendship? And what is the value of friends? Two famous ancient Greek philosophers gave very different answers to these questions. 

Epicurus, the often misunderstood ascetic, says this:

“27. O…

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