Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Friendship helps the young to keep from error.”
- Source
- Nicomachean Ethics
- Date
- 4th century BCE
- English wording
- D. P. Chase — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “Friendship helps the young to keep from error.”
Aristotle gives friendship a practical educational role: trusted companions can help younger people avoid mistakes by supplying counsel, example and shared judgment.
Where does it come from?
Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII, Chapter I, Project Gutenberg #8438. The sentence occurs in Aristotle’s opening inventory of why friendship is necessary across different stages of life.
