§2.4.1τίνας δὲ φιλοῦσι καὶ μισοῦσι, καὶ διὰ τί, τὴν φιλίαν καὶ τὸ φιλεῖν ὁρισάμενοι λέγωμεν.
Let us state whom people love and whom they hate, and for what reasons, after first defining friendship and loving.
§2.4.2ἔστω δὴ τὸ φιλεῖν τὸ βούλεσθαί τινι ἃ οἴεται ἀγαθά, ἐκείνου ἕνεκα ἀλλὰ μὴ αὑτοῦ, καὶ τὸ κατὰ δύναμιν πρακτικὸν εἶναι τούτων.
Let loving, then, be defined as wishing for someone what one thinks to be good, for his sake and not for one's own, and being inclined, so far as one can, to bring these things about.
φίλος δέ ἐστιν ὁ φιλῶν καὶ ἀντιφιλούμενος· οἴονται δὲ φίλοι εἶναι οἱ οὕτως ἔχειν οἰόμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους.
And a friend is one who loves and is loved in return; and those who believe they stand in this relation to each other think they are friends.
§2.4.3τούτων δὲ ὑποκειμένων ἀνάγκη φίλον εἶναι τὸν συνηδόμενον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ συναλγοῦντα τοῖς λυπηροῖς μὴ διά τι ἕτερον ἀλλὰ διʼ ἐκεῖνον· γιγνομένων γὰρ ὧν βούλονται χαίρουσιν πάντες, τῶν ἐναντίων δὲ λυποῦνται, ὥστε τῆς βουλήσεως σημεῖον αἱ λῦπαι καὶ αἱ ἡδοναί.
These things being assumed, a friend must be one who shares another's joy in good things and his pain in painful things, for no other reason than for his sake; for since everyone rejoices when what they wish for happens, and feels pain at the opposite, the pains and joys are signs of their wishing.
§2.4.4καὶ οἷς δὴ ταὐτὰ ἀγαθὰ καὶ κακά, καὶ οἱ τοῖς αὐτοῖς φίλοι καὶ οἱ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐχθροί· ταὐτὰ γὰρ τούτοις βούλεσθαι ἀνάγκη, ὥστε ἅπερ αὑτῷ καὶ ἄλλῳ βουλόμενος τούτῳ φαίνεται φίλος εἶναι.
And those to whom the same things are good and bad, and who have the same friends and the same enemies; for these must wish the same things, so that wishing for another what one wishes for oneself makes one appear to be a friend to him.
§2.4.5καὶ τοὺς πεποιηκότας εὖ φιλοῦσιν, ἢ αὐτοὺς ἢ ὧν κήδονται, ἢ εἰ μεγάλα, ἢ εἰ προθύμως, ἢ εἰ ἐν τοιούτοις καιροῖς, καὶ αὐτῶν ἕνεκα, ἢ οὓς ἂν οἴωνται βούλεσθαι ποιεῖν εὖ.
And people love those who have done good to them, either to themselves or to those they care for, if the favors were great, or eagerly bestowed, or at such critical moments, and for their own sakes; or those whom they think wish to do them good.
§2.4.6καὶ τοὺς τῶν φίλων φίλους καὶ φιλοῦντας οὓς αὐτοὶ φιλοῦσιν.
And they love their friends' friends, and those who love the ones they themselves love.
καὶ τοὺς φιλουμένους ὑπὸ τῶν φιλουμένων αὐτοῖς.
And those who are loved by those who are loved by themselves.
§2.4.7καὶ τοὺς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐχθροὺς καὶ μισοῦντας οὓς αὐτοὶ μισοῦσιν, καὶ τοὺς μισουμένους ὑπὸ τῶν αὐτοῖς μισουμένων· πᾶσιν γὰρ τούτοις τὰ αὐτὰ ἀγαθὰ φαίνεται εἶναι καὶ αὐτοῖς, ὥστε βούλεσθαι τὰ αὐτοῖς ἀγαθά, ὅπερ ἦν τοῦ φίλου.
And those who have the same enemies as themselves, and who hate the ones they themselves hate, and those who are hated by those who are hated by themselves; for to all these people the same things appear to be good as to themselves, so that they wish for them what is good for themselves, which was the definition of a friend.
§2.4.8ἔτι τοὺς εὐποιητικοὺς εἰς χρήματα καὶ εἰς σωτηρίαν· διὸ τοὺς ἐλευθερίους καὶ ἀνδρείους τιμῶσι καὶ τοὺς δικαίους·
Furthermore, they love those who are ready to do good in respect to money and to personal safety; hence they honor the liberal, the brave, and the just.
§2.4.9τοιούτους δʼ ὑπολαμβάνουσι τοὺς μὴ ἀφʼ ἑτέρων ζῶντας· τοιοῦτοι δʼ οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐργάζεσθαι, καὶ τούτων οἱ ἀπὸ γεωργίας, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων οἱ αὐτουργοὶ μάλιστα.
And they assume such to be those who do not live at the expense of others; and such are those who live by their own labor, and among these, those who live by agriculture, and of the rest, self-employed workers especially.
§2.4.10καὶ τοὺς σώφρονας, ὅτι οὐκ ἄδικοι.
And the temperate, because they are not unjust.
§2.4.11καὶ τοὺς ἀπράγμονας διὰ τὸ αὐτό.
And those who mind their own business, for the same reason.
καὶ οἷς βουλόμεθα φίλοι εἶναι, ἂν φαίνωνται βουλόμενοι· εἰσὶ δὲ τοιοῦτοι οἵ τʼ ἀγαθοὶ κατʼ ἀρετὴν καὶ οἱ εὐδόκιμοι ἢ ἐν ἅπασιν ἢ ἐν τοῖς βελτίστοις ἢ ἐν τοῖς θαυμαζομένοις ὑφʼ αὑτῶν ἢ ἐν τοῖς θαυμάζουσιν αὐτούς.
And those with whom we wish to be friends, if they appear to wish it too; and such are those who are good in respect to virtue and those of good repute, either among all, or among the best, or among those admired by themselves, or among those who admire them.
§2.4.12ἔτι τοὺς ἡδεῖς συνδιαγαγεῖν καὶ συνδιημερεῦσαι· τοιοῦτοι δʼ οἱ εὔκολοι καὶ μὴ ἐλεγκτικοὶ τῶν ἁμαρτανομένων καὶ μὴ φιλόνικοι μηδὲ δυσέριδες (πάντες γὰρ οἱ τοιοῦτοι μαχητικοί, οἱ δὲ μαχόμενοι τἀναντία φαίνονται βούλεσθαι), §2.4.13καὶ οἱ ἐπιδέξιοι καὶ τῷ τωθάσαι καὶ τῷ ὑπομεῖναι· ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ γὰρ ἀμφοτέρως σπεύδουσι τῷ πλησίον, δυνάμενοί τε σκώπτεσθαι καὶ ἐμμελῶς σκώπτοντες.
Furthermore, those who are pleasant to spend time with and pass the day with; and such are those who are easy-tempered and not ready to find fault with errors, and not contentious nor quarrelsome (for all such people are combative, and those who fight appear to wish for opposite things), and those who are tactful both in joking and in taking a joke; for in both ways they strive for the same end as their neighbor, being both able to be teased and teasing in good taste.
§2.4.14καὶ τοὺς ἐπαινοῦντας τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀγαθά, καὶ τούτων μάλιστα ἃ φοβοῦνται μὴ ὑπάρχειν αὐτοῖς.
And those who praise the good things one possesses, and especially those which one fears one does not really possess.
§2.4.15καὶ τοὺς καθαρείους περὶ ὄψιν, περὶ ἀμπεχόνην, περὶ ὅλον τὸν βίον.
And those who are clean in their appearance, in their dress, and in their whole life.
§2.4.16καὶ τοὺς μὴ ὀνειδιστὰς μήτε τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων μήτε τῶν εὐεργετημάτων· ἀμφότεροι γὰρ ἐλεγκτικοί.
And those who do not reproach others either with their errors or with their own benefits; for both kinds of people are ready to find fault.
§2.4.17καὶ τοὺς μὴ μνησικακοῦντας, μηδὲ φυλακτικοὺς τῶν ἐγκλημάτων, ἀλλʼ εὐκαταλλάκτους· οἵους γὰρ ἂν ὑπολαμβάνωσιν εἶναι πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, καὶ πρὸς αὑτοὺς οἴονται.
And those who do not bear a grudge, nor keep watch for grievances, but are easily appeased; for as they assume them to be towards others, so they think they will be towards themselves.
§2.4.18καὶ τοὺς μὴ κακολόγους μηδὲ εἰδότας μήτε τὰ τῶν πλησίον κακὰ μήτε τὰ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ τἀγαθά·
And those who do not speak evil of others, nor know the bad points either of their neighbors or of themselves, but only the good;