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In Nicomachean ethics Aristotle says
>For without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods; even rich men and those in possession of office and of dominating power are thought to need friends most of all; for what is the use of such prosperity without the opportunity of beneficence, which is exercised chiefly and in its most laudable form towards friends? Or how can prosperity be guarded and preserved without friends? The greater it is, the more it exposed is it to risk. And in poverty and in other misfortunes men think friends are the only refuge.
Do you agree with Aristotle? Is a solitary existence not worth living?

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>notes from the underground
>no longer human
>Flowers for Algernon
Currently reading 100 years of solitude. I really love the writing and the prose is beautiful but the story is kinda wearing on me. It’s hard to keep track of all the characters and just when I connect with a character, their time is up and he moves on to another. I.E. I loved the OG Beunida but then the story focused on his sons, The Colonol finally grew on me but then the focus shifted again. The author does have a crazy talent for making the reader connect with the environment and new characters so hopefully it’ll recapture my attention again soon.
Also I’ve got Oblomov, Stoner and Whatever up next.