Aristotle on friendship: About 2000 years ago, Aristotle gave us an account of eudaimonia, which is the idea of a fulfilled, flourishing, happy life. An essential part of this, for Aristotle, is to have the right kind of friends. So for this, Aristotle divided friendship into three different types. The first type of friendship is one of utility. These might be colleagues that you work with or people you see at the weekend to play sport with. But the point is that once the shared purpose of your