Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 9.4
The source
"A friend is another self." Aristotle said it in Nicomachean Ethics 9.4. Translated by F. H. Peters, 1881.
"his friend is another self"F. H. Peters, 1881, Nicomachean Ethics 9.4.
Who said it
Aristotle (384–322 BC). Plato's student and Alexander's tutor, who wrote on virtue as a practiced habit.
Questions
- Who said "A friend is another self."?
- Aristotle (384–322 BC). Source: Nicomachean Ethics 9.4.
- What is the original wording?
- his friend is another self (F. H. Peters, 1881). Translated by F. H. Peters, 1881.
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