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    friendship is the most choice-worthy good an individual can externally attain (Aristotle 149, 1170a, section 7). However, in chapter 3 of book 8, Aristotle asserts the finest friendships are enduring insofar the individuals are good, and the virtues remain similar. However, his proposal about the similarities of virtues doesn't seem entirely correct since people gradually change over time, but the relationship can continue to be good and the individuals remain close friends. Aristotle would assert that if

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    being by your friend’s side when you are needed and when you are not. To be a friend, you have to be trustworthy so your friend can tell you anything. You have to be honest and have to be able to tell your friend the truth no matter the consequences. You have to be kind and understanding so you can put yourself in your friend’s shoes to understand their situation. Most importantly, you have to be there for your friend, which means protecting them, taking care of them, supporting them, and encouraging

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    arduous and challenging life can be, another better opportunity will be given the next day. In life, people should identify the difference between the real friends or fake friends. In addition, the qualities of a good friends are trustworthiness, have good attitude, and last being thoughtful. To begin with, first quality of a good friend is someone who is trustworthy. A trustworthy is someone who are honest, loyal, and caring. An example scenario of a trustworthy was taking initiative ways to

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    Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up" (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10). True friendships are a rarity in today's culture. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, he delves into what a "true" or "complete" friendship should be. The friendship of David and Jonathan in the Old Testament lines up with Aristotle's criteria for an ideal and complete and n true friendship

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    by someone you thought was your best friend? Has someone every tried to convince you that you needed to betray your best friend? Well that’s what Cassius tried to get Brutus to do, but Brutus liked Caesar, Caesar was a good guy. Why was Cassius so against Caesar, where does Brutus stand? One against, one undecided, the difference between these two, their characteristics, the noble one, the smarter one, and the most loyal. Who holds these characteristics? Nobility, who of the two is the

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    “Loving seems to be the characteristic virtue of friends…it is only those in whom this is found in due measure that are lasting friends, and only their friendship that endures” (NE; bk.8, ch.8). As Aristotle states, love is a mandatory part of any true or enduring friendship. He defines love as a state of character and not merely

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    Samaritan." The show describes a man named, David Cash, who witnesses his friend grabbing a little girl in a women's bathroom stall. Cash, then leaves the stall thinking nothing will happen. His friend comes out of the bathroom 25 minutes later. Not only does Cash not do anything while waiting for his friend, but then after his friend has told him what has happened, that he had raped and killed a little girl, he does not turn his friend in. Weeks after the incident Cash, who did not say anything and could

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    Josie Jessop, the main character in Sylvia Olsen's thought provoking book, White Girl, would be a good fit at St. Ignatius because she possesses many characteristics which are beneficial for an SI student, such as her ethnicity, her ability to adapt to new surroundings and situations, and the fact that she is not easily intimidate. These characteristics are present in many SI students and would allow Josie to jump right into the flow of things at St. Ignatius. Josie could fit into the St. Ignatius

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    do so by telling us what is right and what is wrong, he does so by living his life as an example of what a good leader and a good man should look like. He shows us the courage that is required to live by example he shows his trust in God which shows that he is not trying to live and lead for himself, and he shows his integrity makes him a man worth following. Without these three characteristics, Adam Mitchell would not be the same man, and he would not be a man worth following. The courage that Adam

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    A Virtuous Friend

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    arduous and challenging life can be, another better opportunity will be given the next day. In life, people should identify the difference between the real friend or fake friends. In addition, the qualities of a virtuous friend are trustworthy, have a good attitude, and last being thoughtful. To begin with, the first quality of a good friend is someone who is trustworthy. A trustworthy is someone who is honest, loyal, and caring. An example scenario of a trustworthy was taking initiative ways to

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