the concept of friendship, The Mechanics of Virtue, Matt Berry, aphorism 112

112

It is not that our friendship does not extend “this far,” but that the concept of friendship suddenly found itself beyond its own causes.  Certain conditions that were present at the formation of our friendship no longer exist.  Demanding adherence to the concept is not one of these original conditions.  Demanding adherence is a new condition.  We once shook hands in peace and friendship, and we must continue.  We work together under the same conceptual heading ... but colder ... as love becomes duty.


A Human Strategy ** The Mechanics of Virtue ** Post-Atheism



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