Prudence and friendship in Aristotle
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This article aims to establish the relationship between prudence, a dianoetic virtue that shapes practical life, and friendship in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric. Friendship, in order to fully develop, requires knowing and loving oneself beyond selfishness and must transcend mere interest or pleasure. To achieve this, education plays a fundamental role in learning to experience pleasure and pain in the right way, which should be fostered in family life from an early age. Perfect friendship involves considering the friend as another self and even being willing to sacrifice oneself if necessary. From a political perspective, civic friendship or concord has a central place in a polis that seeks to live fully and with dignity. Thus, prudence and friendship constitute the foundation from which it is possible to articulate personal and communal life in a healthy way, shedding new light on the meaning that can be given to justice and the good life.
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