Aristotle on friendship
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) approaches friendship within Peripatetic. Aristotle pursued demonstrative science grounded in observation, definition, and causal explanation. His Organon developed syllogistic logic and standards of proof that structured Western reasoning for two millennia. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets friendship most directly—useful for searches such as “aristotle quotes on friendship.”
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Start with the shortest passage, then compare tone across sources. Return to the Aristotle thinker page for biography and to the friendship theme for other voices on the same question.
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What did Aristotle say about friendship?
The quotations below are the archive’s curated answer: English renderings selected for clarity and attribution, not a complete corpus.
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