“Friendship is unnecessary,” C.S. Lewis wrote, “like
philosophy, like art, like the universe itself… it has no survival
value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
Darwinian caveats aside, the truth of this beautiful sentiment
resonates deeply for anyone whose life has been enriched or even saved
by the existence of a genuine friend. And yet today, as we face the commodification of the word “friend,” what do we even mean — what should we mean — by this once-sacred term, now vacated of meaning by chronic misuse?
https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/05/19/seneca-friendship/
I teach them all the good I can, and recommend them to others from whom I think they will get some moral benefit. And the treasures that the wise men of old have left us in their writings I open and explore with my friends. If we come on any good thing, we extract it, and we set much store on being useful to one another. - Socrates, Memorabilia
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