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Friends Friends. What exactly makes a friend? The very word brings up many images and feelings, many good and some bad. Is a friend merely someone to turn to when you have a problem or need advice? Or is a friend a person that shares the same interests and feelings? The question as to what makes a friend has been thought out by many philosophers for years on end. For my quest to the answer to this question, I will compare and contrast my opinions with those of Aristotle, for I feel that he had a lot of good things to say about the subject. Aristotle thought that true friendship, complete friendship “is the friendship of good people similar in virtue.” (Other Selves pg 33) So basically, what Aristotle thought was that for two people to be true friends to each other, they had to both be virtuous people. Personally, I think that no person in the world can be truly virtuous, because I feel that to be truly virtuous is to be perfect, and that no one in this world is perfect. And so, I feel that Aristotle is wrong on this point. Aristotle himself said