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Title

Friendship Then and Now

Authors

Timothy Madigan, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2018

Abstract

In this paper, I will examine Aristotle’s concept of friendship as found in his famous work The Nichomachean Ethics, and then explore its relevance to the present-day, by comparing it to the work done by social psychologist Stanley Milgram on “familiar strangers.” I will also look at two works of popular culture, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s children’s novel The Little Prince, and the television program “Seinfeld” to show how they support the view that Aristotle’s writings are still good models for understanding how friendships are formed and maintained.

Comments

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Publication Information

Madigan, Timothy (2018). "Friendship Then and Now." The New York Sociologist 7, 49-61.

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