Friendship in itself can have a variety of meanings. A more modern definition of friendship is a mutual connection between two or more people. Though this definition is not wrong by any means, a classical definition, created by Aristotle, goes further to explain what friendship, or philia in Aristotle’s days, really means and what it takes to have a friendship. Aristotle describes his definition of friendship as “reciprocated goodwill” (Aristotle 121). There isn’t just one type of friendship either
who knows all about, and loves you anyway.” I did not understand what it meant. I though it was a cynical quote against friendship, being my father was the sarcastic type. As an adult, I have to admit secret apologies to my dad, because now I understand the concept and meaning, and hold it to be true in my heart of what friendship is about. Being an evolving emotion, friendship enters and flees life, faster than the speed of light. You will never know when you might meet a true friend, and cannot
Everyone has their own definition of what a friend is and what qualities they should obtain. To many individuals true friendship is represented by how long an individual has known someone and maintained to stay close with them through that time. However true friendship means more than just a timestamp or who lives down the block from one another. True friendship is a trait that is not found in every person met throughout a lifetime. It’s not always measured by the amount of time individuals have
Friendship Read the following information about friendship. Using the information presented, your own experience, observations, and/or readings, write an article for your school newspaper about the meaning of friendship. As you write your speech, remember to: Focus on the definition of friendship. Consider the purpose, audience, and context of your article. Organize your ideas and details effectively. Include specific details that clearly develop your article. Edit your speech for standard
Difficulty friendship between men and women Friendship between men and women Friendships between men and women are familiar and socially recognized in all societies of the world. However, gender friendship remains a difficult and unyielding subject and its legitimacy or prohibition according to the cultures and values of peoples and their religions and intellectual systems. The difference between love and friendship: Is there a difference between love and friendship? Unfortunately, the useful short
the “silent era” of friendships via social media accounts has created a totally new definition of friendship and what defines a set of people as friends. Those who are involved in traditional friendships, such as people over the age of 50, find that it has also become quite difficult for them to remain in touch with their friends on a real time level. However, these people do not have the time to spend nor the inclination to learn about the “benefits” of digitized friendships. As such the more advanced
We hear the word “friendship” being tossed around daily, between family, friends, social media, etc. People just say the word without thinking what it really refers to, but does everyone really understand what the word “friendship” means? People believe that the word “friendship” is just used to describe a friend or a bigger group of friends, but in reality it actually means a lot more. I believe that it is important to know what the word “friendship” really means. Not everyone is going to have the
dynamic of cross-sex friendships is an interesting area of study and one of which has little data. Moreover, research on this narrow subject is rather limited and comes from fairly old studies. The idea that men and women cannot be ‘just friends,’ is due to the idea that there must be some aspect of physical and or romantic involved. As Reeder discussed traditional societal norms and expectations of male-female relationships have played a role in how we view cross-sex friendships today. The literature
Aristotle on Friendship We are social creatures. We surround ourselves with other human beings, our friends. It is in our nature. We are constantly trying to broaden the circumference of our circle of friends. Aristotle understood the importance of friendship, books VIII and IX of the Nicomachean Ethics deal solely with this topic. A modern day definition of a friend can be defined as “one joined to another in intimacy and mutual benevolence independently of sexual or family love”. (Oxford
In his essay “The Meaning of Friendship in a Social-Networked World”, author Alex Pattakos argues that social networking is eroding the true meaning of friendship, and that people need to take stock of the possible impact on their lives. He believes that while people may think these networking platforms make them more socially connected, the opposite is actually true. Pattakos claims this is happening because our “social connections” made through these networks are shallow in nature and do not stand