Cloze1Whatisgenuinefriendship
Someclassical(古典的
经典的)(1)viewsmayhelpusunderstandthenotion(观念)(2)offriendshipmoreclearly
Aristotledistinguishesgenuinefriendshipfromtwootherforms:onebasedonmutualutility(效用)(3)andtheotheronpleasure
Whiletheground(4)forthelattertwoformsoffriendshipiscloselyrelatedtomaterialbenefits,short-terminterestsorage,genuinefriendshipoccurs(5)onlybetweenthosewhoaresimilarintheirgoodness(6)
Cicero,anotherancientscholar,believesthattruefriends'actionsandlivesshouldleavenoquestionasto(7)theirhonor,purity,equityandliberality
Whetherornotonepossesses(拥有)(8)anysuperiorityovertheother,bothmustregardthemselvesasequalsoftheotherandtrytheirbesttopreserve(维护;维持)(9)thefriendship
Moreover,truefriendsarebound(结合)(10)together,asafriendissaidtobeamirror(11)inwhichyoumayperceiveandkn