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    These two poems are the “Friendship Sonnet” by William Shakespeare and “Friendship” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The poems talk about the idea of friendship and what it means to them separately. These poems are kind of different in nature. One poem talks about how great it is to have a friend and that friend will care for you for eternity. The other poem is talking about a friend that he has lost and this makes him so sad that he cannot take it anymore. In these two poems they use a different type of

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    Examples of this apparent friendship is shown in some ways throughout, such as when the young house recognizes that the older house is cold, so automatically grabs a piece of wood from himself to throw in the fire to keep him warm, which goes back to the idea that they start to think of the other person before they think of themselves. As the older house not being as physically able to make it up a hill, the younger house sacrifices his energy to push the older house up the hill. As you watch the

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    Emerson's essay on friendship is one of the most remembered and highly respected essays dating back to the 19th century. The information given in the essay is extremely valuable and has helped to explain the universal truth that is friendship. Emerson's essay on friendship is his way of delineating the paths of coherence. These parts fall into two distinct kinds. The first is the consistent enunciation of a view which is the master-tone that Emerson uses from essay to essay while the second is the

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    The Norton Book of Friendship, the idea of friendship is defined and explained by many great philosophers. Among these, Aristotle’s piece from Nicomachean Ethics. In this short excerpt, Aristotle defines and classifies friendship into three main categories: usefulness, pleasure, and virtue. He claims that in any friendship, one or more of these three motives have to be present. He also says that in order for a friendship to be successful, it must be reciprocal. In friendships of usefulness, both

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    “The Meaning of Friendship in a Social- Networked World.” He clearly defines his reasons for believing that technology is, in his opinion, ruining the concept of friendship. One of his main supports is the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle. Other supports include, percentages and personal experience. Together with good example and persuasive skills, he composes a great article. Early on it is shown through the use of quotations, that he believes friendships are no longer as “real” as they used to

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    principles are mainly about Aristotle’s concept of friendship. The researcher includes the discussion of virtue and other ethical principles governing friendship as support to the said topic. There are several ethical principles that can be applied to Facebook such as Confucian ethics and Heideggerian concept of technology but the researcher prefers Aristotelian ethical principles for the said topic. The study will tackle Aristotle’s concept of friendship with the inclusion of virtue and other ethical

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    Friendship

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    Friends are the pearls of our life.. Friends are a necessity in every child’s life. They are there to comfort, to laugh with, and to create wonderful memories My Friendships have played an extremely important role in my life. I do not know where I would be without my friendships.  Friends to me are the people you know and enjoy being around and talking to. There are the best friends that are usually closer than the others and you are always with. What I find most important is being able to

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    book describes the view of friendship. He also describes three different type of friendship, which in reality is exactly how friendship is in today society. The question while reading this information is what is friendship in Aristotle point of view? Aristotle believes that there are three different kinds of friendship; that of utility, friendship of pleasure, and virtuous friendship. In his book he describe exactly what each type of friendship really is. Friendship that is of utility is where

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    in which two people are friends, this is the definition of friendship by Cambridge dictionary. Another dictionary defines friendship as the state of being a friend. Some of you might have noticed that the meaning is really vague. Maybe, this is why the true meaning of friendship is a subject prolific of controversy. Why am I saying this? I am saying this to let you know that there has been debate going on the true meaning of friendship over a long period around the world. However, I want you to

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    Friendship Friendship… what is that? Surely you have a friend and with that friend you share a friendship. Your friendship is different is probably may be a little different from one of mine, because we we may not look for the same things in a friendship. I believe that in a friendship you are suppose to trust and comfortable and be loyal with your friend. In a friendship you need to have trust; without true it would be a difficult and messy friendship. “ With friendship all bonds are built

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