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The forms which friendly feeling for our neighbors takes, and the marks by which the different forms of friendship are defined, seem to be derived from the feelings of regard which we entertain for ourselves. A friend is defined as （a） one who wishes, and promotes by action, the real or apparent good of another for that other's sake; or （b） one who wishes the existence and preservation of his friend for the friend's sake. （This is the feeling of mothers towards their children, and of former friends who have quarrelled.1） Others say that a friend is （c） one who frequents another's society, and （d） who desires the same things as he does, or （e） one who shares his friend's joys and sorrows. （This too is very characteristic of mothers.） Friendship also is defined by one or other of these marks.2

1 i.e., have had a difference which keeps them from meeting, but still leaves them well disposed to each other.

2 These five notes of friendship are taken seriatim in sects. 2-5, and again in sects. 8, 9, but in both cases the fourth is dealt with first.

Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.

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