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What does it mean?
A friend reflects your own identity and character.
In plain terms
A friend is like another version of yourself.
What can you take from it?
True friendship mirrors your own self.

Where it applies

  • making new friends
  • evaluating relationships
  • personal growth

Putting it to work

  • look for shared values
  • be the friend you want

Questions to consider

  • What parts of yourself do you see in friends?
  • Do friends make you more yourself?

Another view

It overlooks how friends can challenge and change you.

More from Aristotle

  1. To the query, 'What is a friend?' his reply was 'A single soul dwelling in two bodies.'

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  2. A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

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  3. Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

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