... between men. Though she does conceive of marriage as based in the esteem typical of virtue friendships, the relation of her view to classical understandings of friendship—especially to Aristotle’s view—is more complex than critics have recognized. This chapter provides an analysis of Wollstonecraft’s view...

...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...