... of Christian church. Aquinas though that because human beings are created in the image and likeness of God and God is good; therefore, Human beings have the inclination towards good. Canning (2013, pp.110; 112). Based on this argument, Aquinas affirms that the ruler (price) must have virtues and the most virtuous man should be the one who govern Skirbekk and Gilje (2000, p.126). Hence, Aquinas ... reward for his command; instead he should look for an eternal reward given by God. According to Cicero in the book "De Officiis", people should evade the appetite for glory, since it eradicat...

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... God is indisputable man of goodwill. He implies that love is obedience of the God, who created us. On the other hand, Marcus Tullius Cicero, in his article, "On Friendship," defines love through the dialogue between Fannius, Scaevola, and Laelius. Fannius opens the discussion by asserting "everyone from Rome has been inquiring on how Laelius is bearing after losing his friend" (1). Fannius' comment ... what every person has to the whole. The intention of an ideal social system should have the interests of the common good everyone in it. The common good does not exist when there are winner...

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... of articles about friendship. Different approaches by different authors. Most of which are precisely true. Friendship, as we know, is the close relationship of the people who have hurdled the good and the bad times together. It is knowing a person not by name but by attitude; the way they act, what they like, what they eat, drink, watch, do, everything! It is a process which develops through ... . It should be shared to others not to yourself. That's why according to Cicero, "the man least capable of friendship is the tyrant" since the tyrant has the need for power over the other, to sho...

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