Aristotle wonders about the nature of happiness, and in this study of happiness he focuses in three elements that identifies as keys for the happy man: the virtue, in special justice, the friendship and the pleasure.
Let's talk about the second: the friendship. Aristotle in his book Nichomaquean Ethics, Book VIII wrote about friendship: "is the most necessary for life. In effect, without friends nobody would want to live......But friendship is not is not only necessary but beautiful. We praise those who love their friends and having a lot of friends is considered one of the best things".
Then he affirms: "the happy life is considered to be the life according to virtue."
For what is exposed for Aristotle we can say that needing the man of the virtue for his social activity, and being the friends those with whom we primarity exercise the virtue; friendship is not the foundation of happiness, but without it (friendship) man can not achieve happiness. Friendship is necessary but not sufficient. We need both friendship and virtue.
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Agape & Philia, The love of the spirit and the love of the soul
"Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, do you Agape me more than these? Yes, Lord, you know that I philia you" John 21:15-16
This text is a dialogue between different levels of consciousness and love. In ancient greek, each kind of love was designated by his own name. In ancient greek there is no traduction for the term love. The love is a genre. Philia designates the love of the friends, the love of the soul, the love that comes from the pleasure of seeing us reflected in the others. Agape is the love of the spirit, the love projected to god's creation, the love perfected by the nature of the good.
Later Jesus, will promise to the disciples the arrival of the Holy Ghost, or to say Pentecost.
http://www.quintoevangelio.com.ar/en/articles/item/57-the-love-of-the-soul.html
This text is a dialogue between different levels of consciousness and love. In ancient greek, each kind of love was designated by his own name. In ancient greek there is no traduction for the term love. The love is a genre. Philia designates the love of the friends, the love of the soul, the love that comes from the pleasure of seeing us reflected in the others. Agape is the love of the spirit, the love projected to god's creation, the love perfected by the nature of the good.
Later Jesus, will promise to the disciples the arrival of the Holy Ghost, or to say Pentecost.
http://www.quintoevangelio.com.ar/en/articles/item/57-the-love-of-the-soul.html
God is love without passions
The expression: "God is love without passion" of Thomas Aquinas has a similarity with the biblical passage: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment" 1 John 4:18.
Talk about punishment is talk about sin, is to talk about to go against the law.
We cannot attribute passions to God because passions have their own will. A will for reason and a will for passion, God is not divisible.
Tomas Aquinas explains that the expression, the wrath of god in the old testament is a meta metaphor.
We can only attribute perfections to God, this perfections are called gifts.
http://www.quintoevangelio.com.ar/en/articles/item/66-god-and-the-nature-of-love.html
Talk about punishment is talk about sin, is to talk about to go against the law.
We cannot attribute passions to God because passions have their own will. A will for reason and a will for passion, God is not divisible.
Tomas Aquinas explains that the expression, the wrath of god in the old testament is a meta metaphor.
We can only attribute perfections to God, this perfections are called gifts.
http://www.quintoevangelio.com.ar/en/articles/item/66-god-and-the-nature-of-love.html
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