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Friendships are unique relationships, but defining the relationship and its related dimensions can be a challenging task. Determining a single, fully adequate definition of friendship may be an ...

Friendship is notoriously difficult to define. For Aristotle, friendship, or philia, is a virtue which is "most necessary with a view to living … for without friends no one would choose to live though ...

Friendship is a central issue in Aristotle’s ethics, but several questions require clarification. In particular, does Aristotle assign a unitary nature to it? This article argues that Aristotle does ...

Platonic friendship refers to a close bond between two people who could theoretically be romantically interested in each other. Some people assume platonic friendships are doomed to fail, but that’s ...

There's not much better than a bestie. I'm so grateful to have a BFF that totally gets my jokes, understands my idiosynchrasies, and is always there with a shoulder to cry on if I need it. The same ...