@article {14044,
	title = {Should We Share Misfortune with Our Friends? Pleasure and Pain in the Context of Aristotle{\textquoteright}s Theory of Friendship},
	journal = {Filozofia},
	volume = {80},
	number = {1},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {35 - 48},
	type = {State},
	abstract = {This paper explores Aristotle{\textquoteright}s claim that, while we should be ready to assist our friends in their misfortunes, we should not share our pain with them and instead share only good things. I analyze the role this idea plays within Aristotle{\textquoteright}s overall theory of friendship, particularly his argument that sharing pain with friends brings us pleasure but causes them pain. Further, I examine Aristotle{\textquoteright}s broader understanding of pleasure and pain, including their interplay and his view on the nature of their mixture. I show that Aristotle{\textquoteright}s discussion of feeling both pleasure and pain when sharing misfortunes with friends has deeper ontological implications, rooted in his theory of mixture (mixis, krasis). Aristotle{\textquoteright}s claim that we should avoid sharing pain with friends, I argue, reflects not only his conception of what constitutes a noble friendship but also his understanding of the ontological incompatibility of pleasure and pain as a true mixture.},
	author = {Linka, Vojt{\v e}ch}
}
