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1. Where, If Anywhere, Does Friendship Occur in the Nicomachean Ethics? 1. Where, If Anywhere, Does Friendship Occur in the Nicomachean Ethics?
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2. Liking, Loving, and Befriending: The Meaning of Philein 2. Liking, Loving, and Befriending: The Meaning of Philein
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3. Affections and Self-Love 3. Affections and Self-Love
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(i) Affections and emotions (i) Affections and emotions
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(ii) Self-love (ii) Self-love
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4. Preliminary Conclusion 4. Preliminary Conclusion
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5. Aquinas on Aristotle 5. Aquinas on Aristotle
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23. 1: Whether love is friendship 23. 1: Whether love is friendship
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6. Charity and Philia: are they so Different? 6. Charity and Philia: are they so Different?
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(i) Practicalities (i) Practicalities
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(ii) Obligation (ii) Obligation
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(iii) Taste and feelings (iii) Taste and feelings
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(iv) Self-interest and altruism (iv) Self-interest and altruism
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7. Conclusion 7. Conclusion
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6 Friends, Friendship, and Loving Others: Aristotle and Aquinas
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Published:April 1996
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Abstract
It has sometimes seemed surprising to modern readers that Aristotle, when he discusses friendship in the Ethics, does not notice loving each other as a particular mark of friendship. By assuming that such ‘virtue friendship’ is the main focus of Aristotle's attention, and that the broader use of the term philia is merely a concession to popular usage and secondary, it is easy to conclude that what Aristotle is really interested in is what one calls friendship after all. This chapter explores whether the notion of friendship fits even with ‘virtue friendship’ as it is often called, and considers the meaning of the verb philein. With the help of St Thomas Aquinas, the chapter also analyses why it is that Aristotle's account has little to do with loving or liking. Rehabilitating the unfortunate Aquinas, the chapter draws some analogies between philia and Christian charity.
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