Study Questions for
Assignment 32 -- Aristotle's Ethics VIII; IX
- What advantages does Aristotle see in
friendship? (VIII.1) (1155a)
- What are the necessary conditions for friendship to exist? (VIII.2) (1155b)
- Give the three types of friendship. (VIII.3)
- What type of friendship is easily
dissolved and why? (VIII.3)
- Why do young people often quickly change friends? (VIII.3)
- Define perfect friendship. (VIII.3)
- How does Christian charity differ from
Aristotle's understanding of friendship? (VIII.5)
- How do love and friendship differ?
(VIII.5)
- Why cannot one be a "perfect friend" to many? (VIII.6)
- How can children and parents be
friends? (VIII.7)
- Do you agree that it is impossible to
be "friends" with God? (VIII.7)
- What type of friendship can exist
between those who are very different? (VIII.8)
- How do tyranny and monarchy differ?
(VIII.10)
- Explain the statement, "it is the ideal
of monarchy to be paternal rule." (VIII.10)
- Can one be friends with a slave? (VIII.11)
- Why is the friendship of utility full of complaints? (VIII.13)
- Why is the good man at peace with
himself? (IX.4)
- Explain the statement, "goodwill is
inactive friendship." (IX.5)
- How is the love of poets and
benefactors similar? (IX.7)
- In what sense does Aristotle think that
one should be a "lover of self"? (IX.8)
- Does the happy man truly need friends?
(IX.9)
- How many friends should one have? (IX.10)
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