I have been trying to discribe friendship in terms of what it is. The problem is that I keep hitting a wall, I can discribe what friendship (i.e. best friends, great mates, etc.) looks like (what it does) for example a friend is there for you when you are down but I can not for the life of me discribe what it is. I am talking about unselfish (true) friendship here.
A though hit me a little while ago that friendship is a form of love (the hebrews called it ahgarpah [AH-gar-pay] I believe) that we feel for a person after spending a bit of time with them. But this then leaves open the door for other questions like 'If friendship is a form of love then what it romantic love nothing more than a biological drive to reproduce dressed up by our society?' Questions that are hard to answer whitout a starting point.
So my question is what is friendship, not what it looks like but what is it? AND If frienship is a form of love what does that say about other forms of love?
2007-02-22 15:04:23 · 3 answers · asked by Arthur N 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Please explain your answers.
I thank you inadvance.
2007-02-22 15:05:05 · update #1
I love questions like this.
First Question: What is friendship [true friendship]
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To be truthful.... I never thought that true friendship actually existed besides the movies, shows, dramas. I have a lot of friends... but none of them are my true best friends.
A true best friend is someone were you can tell anything, absolutely anything to. Who you like, who you hate, your deepest secret, your actual most embarrassing moment. You know how someone if they ask you what is your most embarrassing moment, you only tell the least embarrassing moment? Well, if you can find yourself talking about the real most embarrassing moment, then maybe, and i said...maybe, they are your true friend.
Friendship. Its a relationship where you and someone is are really close, just not so close that you would want to like marry or whatever.
Second Question: If Friendship is a form of love, how does other forms of love differ and similar.
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Well, you have to find a great deep friendship to upgrade to the stage of love.
So pretty much, love -is- a friendship, just a really really strong one that you can't really say: Hey, their great friendship. you would actually say: Hey, their a great couple.
What i can say that differs from love, friendship and -love-.
[-WORD-, means that i meant italics it]
Friendships [the true type] is more like the one that you can share no matter what, and it's like your life.
Love is a deeper friendship were you don't just want to share your feelings only. You want to give everything you want for them, and take care of them the rest of your life.
-love- is another way, which is like where you just have an interest in it.
confusing..
2007-02-24 08:03:35 · answer #1 · answered by Xiao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start again what is a friend? A person that will tell you the truth even when they know the truth will hurt. He or She will never ask you to do anything that is wrong. They speak the truth even when they know you do not what to hear it. They are a real rarity as they are few and far between. That is a friend and that make for a good friendship.
2007-02-23 02:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by aiddogs5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friendship means being absoloutely willing to give of yourself to another. Food clothes money even your life. Firends does not mean the shallow thing of just hanging out. It is all about scarafice and never taking advange of
2007-02-22 23:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋