Aristotle on Friendship and Happiness (Part Two)

Concluding on Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, books 8-10.

First, more on friendship: Should you share your sorrow with your friends, or is that just you being a burden? What makes it difficult to make new, real friends as an adult in modern society? Do you need to love yourself before you can be a good friend to others? How can you have a real friendship with someone far above your social station? Aristotle reveals it all!

Plus, more on happiness, pleasure and ethics. Do we all at some level know what's really good, even if we proclaim different ideas? Folks may wish to delve back into our episode on Plato's Republic for some background on this debate.

End song: "A Few Gone Down" from The MayTricks' Happy Songs Will Bring You Down (1994).