tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post6469331234661756628..comments2023-11-02T02:14:31.901-06:00Comments on ReadMoreWriteMoreThinkMoreBeMore: Friendly FireDoctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-72376606001104887032009-12-08T12:36:49.685-06:002009-12-08T12:36:49.685-06:00I have always found frustrating those who interpre...I have always found frustrating those who interpret "the friend is a second self" to mean that the friend is exactly like me and a mirror of myself. It makes more sense to say that the friend shares my virtuous concern for life but completes by being different than I am, offering diverse views, seeing things in ways other than I do. Otherwise, why would we need friends? So thanks, good friend.Adriel Trotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969910758619028756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-72448379955054127532009-12-07T15:26:44.469-06:002009-12-07T15:26:44.469-06:00Well, after our brief discussion in the Rat I mana...Well, after our brief discussion in the Rat I managed to get right into a discussion (on Facebook, no less) about the value of artwork, which managed to quickly move into me having to defend my ironist stance, which is AWESOME. I love it when people think I'm wrong. When else can I get comments like this: <br /><br />"To say that we can value a thing by assuming a point of view or by assuming a "vocabulary" is to merely beg the question (that is, it's a circular argument and thus fallacious at worst and vacuous at best)."<br /><br />I'm fallacious and vacuous! Am I real philosopher now?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13249049386560378946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-4145537736696010482009-12-07T12:02:54.837-06:002009-12-07T12:02:54.837-06:00thanks for this. i spend a lot of time thinking ab...thanks for this. i spend a lot of time thinking about aristotle on friendship (and teach it too, of course). and i've wanted to more directly write about his views too on my b, but instead have only done so indirectly. <br /><br />what you get at here is not exactly the route i usually go in thinking about his view of complete friendship. but you get at something so obviously important and insightful by analyzing these differing levels of agreement and disagreement. i appreciate too your insight as to what causes true friendships to change--when the individuals have grown 'away' from each other. <br /><br />enjoy reading your thoughts, as always. elainehawkbrwnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311841923403191817noreply@blogger.com