In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, he explains the basic principles of friendship. However, it does not only explain the friendship between two people. Aristotle delves deeper into the subject and highlights “intrapersonal” friendship – friendship with oneself. Although this idea of ​​understanding the relationship people have with themselves may seem complex and difficult to understand, Aristotle applies the same principles of interpersonal friendship to the type of friendship people have with themselves. By distinguishing to which type of friendship internal friendship belongs, by defining what a friend is and attributing this definition to good men and bad men, Aristotle connects friendship with self-love. Earlier in The Nicomachean Ethics, specifically in Book VIII, Aristotle states this friendship is threefold. There are three types of friendship that deal with three different concepts: usefulness, pleasure and kindness. The first type is where both parties use each other primarily for material goods. In this case, the two people do not love each other, but only love the benefit they receive. The second type is pleasure friendship, where both entities enjoy each other's qualities, such as intelligence, appearance, etc. Finally, there is the friendship of good. It is said that this friendship is the truest and most perfect. In this relationship, both individuals admire each other and desire kindness for each other. One might ask what is the place of internal friendship in this triple system? This can be understood through a process of elimination. First, this person must be divided into two entities: the person and themselves. Immediately, we can eradicate useful friendship, for the person ca...... middle of paper...... the opposite of these good things. For example, given the type of friendship associated with internal friendship, an evil man cannot be friends with himself. Obviously, a wicked man does not do good things and cannot desire good things for himself. That being said, friendship is based on self-love. Friendship of kindness is about love since people who love each other want the best for each other. Therefore, a good man will eventually love himself since he desires what is good for himself, as we said before. On the other hand, a bad person cannot love himself because he cannot be friends with himself. It seems that friendship is directly linked to love. Inner friendship therefore corresponds to self-love, that is to say that to be friends with oneself, one must also love oneself. Works citedAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics