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Also1 the mere presence of friends is pleasant both in prosperity and adversity.
Sorrow is lightened by the sympathy of friends. Hence the question may be raised whether
friends actually share the burden of grief, or whether, without this being the case, the
pain is nevertheless diminished by the pleasure of their company and by the consciousness
of their sympathy. Whether one of these reasons or some other gives the true explanation
of the consoling power of friendship need not now be considered, but in any case it
appears to have the effect described.
1 This gives a further reason for the second sentence of the chapter, and adds the motive of pleasure to those of utility and virtue.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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