Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“No one would choose to live without friends though he should have all the other good things in the world.”
- Source
- Nicomachean Ethics
- Date
- 4th century BCE
- English wording
- D. P. Chase — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “No one would choose to live without friends…”
Friendship is treated not as an optional luxury but as part of a flourishing life, even when material needs and other advantages are already supplied.
Where does it come from?
Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII; Aristotle begins his discussion of friendship by treating it as necessary to a good life.
