Friendship (Philia)
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” — Albert Camus Friendship Like Love is still something I'm trying to figure out. What is a Friend? How can I be a Friend? Growing up asking these questions, I can’t really say I had a ton of close friends, I knew a lot of people but never really consider very many of them, my close friends. Friendship has always meant a lot more to me than just someone you hang out with. I think it's deeper than just someone you see every day. Aristotle talked about 3 different types of friendship one can have, Let's take a look at those. 1 .The first is friendship based on utility, where both people derive some benefit from each other. Aristotle describes a friendship of utility as shallow, “easily dissolved” or for the old. He views them as such because this type of friendship is easily broken and based on something that is brought to the relationship b