Single Idea 156

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

Full Idea

It is not ordained that bad men should be friends with one another.

Gist of Idea

Bad people are never really friends with one another

Source

Plato (Phaedrus [c.368 BCE], 255b)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII', ed/tr. Hamilton,Walter [Penguin 1973], p.63

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