Tag: friendship
Living with Former Friends
“Surely he should keep a remembrance of their former intimacy…” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Sometimes it feels like Aristotle foresaw all the vicissitudes of my life....
On Being a Worthy Heir of the Agrarian Contrarians
But, as Shakespeare wrote, we sometimes “by indirections find directions out.”
Dear Friends . . . or Maybe Not!
Several times lately I’ve opened my email and found notices about people who want to friend me, but I don’t think that means they...
The Social Network Fantasy
In today’s Los Angeles Times, Neil Gabler has an insightful piece on the way in which the “gang of friends” has become the dominant social group on American television.
When Friendship and Fellowship Collide
Less happy for mother is the reality that the single soul, resulting from this communion of two bodies, receives nourishment from single-malt.
Facebook and Friendship
Whatever else you make of Facebook friendship, it underscores the great and significant discrepancy between: 1) the scale of contemporary life, and 2) the scale of friendship.