Philosophy_Bites_Mark_Vernon_on_Friendship

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   Àkọ́lé 1: This is Philosophy Bites with me, David Edmonds. 301s · Speaker 3

   This is Philosophy Bites with me, David Edmonds. And me, Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites is available at www .philosophybites .com. What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. That was Aristotle's view. Gore Vidal's vision was…

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   Àkọ́lé 2: because the friendship wouldn't really be up to it. 301s · Speaker 1

   because the friendship wouldn't really be up to it. You're saying that with a friend, the truth is perhaps unspeakable, unshowable, whereas perhaps with somebody you weren't friendly with, you'd be prepared to say, I don't like what you're …

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   Àkọ́lé 3: Its right name is friendship. 98s · Speaker 1

   Its right name is friendship. And I think that there is something in friendship. It's not just about wanting to know and be known by another person. That spills over, as it were, into a desire to know something about the world around you. A…