“No Man Is an Island”, this line extracted from Meditation XVII, by an
English poet John Donne has been a very popular expression when talking
about people’s connection from one another. Indeed, there is nobody who
can live alone on this planet. That is why God created different form of
relationships, such as friendship. Friendship is one of the greatest forms of
relationship that everyone will surely want to have.
To be able to understand what friendship is, you must look at its definitions
and reasons for its importance and goodness. For this, you can refer to the
great and famous philosopher Aristotle.
A lot of philosophers give emphasis on conjecture and theory. For sure,
Aristotle has contributed to this kind of philosophy as well. He has given
great emphasis on the reasons why friendship is essential.
According to him, no one will ever opt to live without friends. This notion
from Aristotle is indeed very significant because he emphasizes that even
though people with all other possessions, being really rich and having
offices and holding dominating power are considered to be, most of all in
need of friends.
He even added that what would be the use of those prosperities without
having the chance to beneficence that can be practiced mainly and on its
most worthy form to friends. Aside from being able to beneficence, friends
will help you guard and preserve your prosperity. Friends are more worthy
and beneficial to men in misfortunes and in poverty, for they can consider
their friends as their only refuge.
“Friendship is as important as life itself”, this is a statement given by
Aristotle powerful and bold.