What do these 2 famous quotes by Aristotle mean?
Posted by admin on Dec 20, 2008 in Philosophy |
linkinparker asked:
Evil brings men together and A friend is a second self
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Evil brings men together and A friend is a second self
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Evil brings men together could refer to the crowd mentality is mob mentality of people doing bad things as a group that they normally wouldn’t do (ie torch someone’s house or beat up an old lady.) It could also mean a common enemy unites people from uncommon backgroud. For example crime went don’t momentarily when 9/11 occurred, people stopped fighting eachother and wanted to fight the terrorists…
A friend is a second self is similar to birds to a feather flock together. Go to the mall on a Fridays night. You will notice the same types of teens hang out with each other. The peer groups wear similar styles. Friends have a lot in common. Your best friend is usually reflection on yourself. SO PICK YOUR FRIENDS WISELY;-p
The first one can be explained using this scenario: remember 9/11? The whole country came together after the evil that happened in New York. If you remember, there was a famous quote that came shortly after that - United we stand divided we fall.
For the second quote,I tend to think of it this way: I have a good friend who I really admire, we have the same views, opinions etc….
In many ways he teaches me a lot a lot about myself. I look at things from a different perspective when all along it is just a part of me that I don’t see.
Also on a shallower level you are who you hang around. (which is not always true)
Hope this helped.
…like minds attract…
…who else can you trust but yourself…
…thanks for asking…
In my opinion:
Evil brings men together
This has to do with the fact that deep inside, we’re still animals and we all want to survive as the best. Then, if you can bring someone ‘down’ you’ll happily conspire with others, to get that.
A friend is a second self
People you consider as friends, are usually persons with whom you have things in common. Whether that be a love for computers or the same way of thinking about different subjects. When these commonalities become natural to you, you start to see your friends as a part of you, for they are (partially) the same as you. Hence, a second you.
(If this didn’t make sense, sorry, it’s really ‘late’ where I live. I should be sleeping right now…)
Evilness in all the sense confines and absorbs the inclusive vernaculars of people. In essence, by of which this may occur, the lone possible virtue of evilness is that of bringing others (good and bad) together by war, possible human meltdown, and such human struggle. DO YOU SEE NOW? there is a correlation by which you can relate to.
A friend can be a second self by the nature in which one chooses him. Think about it. Choosing a friend means choosing a preference of some sort. By doing this, you choose the kind of person you want to accompany you. Thinking metaphysical idealistically, reaches you to believe in the genuine aspect that of which that person may be like you in some way. So, to sum it up, picking a friend means looking and talking to a mirror image (not physically) of you.