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But it seems strange that if we attribute all good things to the happy man we should not
assign him friends, which we consider the greatest of external goods. Also if it be more
the mark of a friend to give than to receive benefits, and if beneficence is a function of
the good man and of virtue, and it is is nobler to benefit friends than strangers, the
good man will need friends as the objects of his beneficence.Hence the further question is
asked: Are friends more needed in prosperity or in adversity? It is argued that the
unfortunate need people to be kind to them, but also that the prosperous need people to
whom they may be kind.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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