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Single Idea 294

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship ]

Full Idea

People say that friendship exists only between good men.

Gist of Idea

People say that friendship exists only between good men

Source

Plato (Lysis [c.400 BCE], 214d)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Early Socratic Dialogues', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1987], p.147

Related Idea

Idea 23920 Decent people can be friends with base people [Aristotle]