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The Malaise of America as a Crisis of Friendship
The Malaise of America as a Crisis of Friendship

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“Friendship seems…to hold states together, and when men are friends they have no need of justice.” This line from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics has always haunted me, and in light of the evidence that American society seems to be dissolving, it . . .

“Friendship seems…to hold states together, and when men are friends they have no need of justice.” This line from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics has always haunted me, and in light of the evidence that American society seems to be dissolving, it takes on an even more important meaning. In short, if Aristotle is right, the failure…

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