Episode 148: Aristotle on Friendship and Happiness (Part Two)

Summary: Concluding on Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, books 8–10.<br> First, more on friendship: Should you share your sorrow with your friends, or is that just you being a burden? What makes it difficult to make new, real friends as an adult in modern society? Do you need to love yourself before you can be a good friend to others? How can you have a real friendship with someone far above your social station? Aristotle reveals it all!<br> Plus, more on happiness, pleasure, and ethics. Do we all at some level know what's really good, even if we proclaim different ideas? Folks may wish to delve back into <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/07/11/episode-40-platos-republic-what-is-justice/" target="_blank">our episode on Plato's Republic</a> for some background on this debate.<br> Listen to <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2016/10/03/ep148-1-aristotle-friendship/" target="_blank">part 1</a> first or get the ad-free <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2016/10/02/ep148-aristotle-friendship-citizen/" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a>. <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/donate/" target="_blank">Please support PEL</a>!<br> End song: "A Few Gone Down" from The MayTricks' Happy Songs Will Bring You Down (1994). <a href="http://marklint.com/HappySongsAlbum.html" target="_blank">Download the whole album for free</a>.<br>