Examples of friendships of utility is a classmate who you study with, but will lose contact after the course ends. A friend of pleasure is a person who you might spend time to engage in a shared hobby. The few friendships of the good are friends you can disclose whatever you want to and have as a long-term support system. Although Aristotle groups friends into three groups, he believes that “to be friends therefore, men must (1) feel goodwill for each other, that is, wish each other’s good, and (2) be aware of each other’s goodwill, and (3) the cause of their goodwill must be one of the lovable qualities mentioned above.” An important characteristic of a friendship is that it is a known mutual goodwill. Of course, friendship of the good is the best and most virtuous form of friendship, but there is no formula for it.
I added examples of the three types of friendships, defined by Aristotle, after a classmate suggested I expand on them. People who have not learned about the three types might not know how they differ so providing specific and realistic examples would make the paragraph more explicit and detailed. I closed the paragraph by acknowledging Aristotle's three qualifications for a friendship and stating that there is no formula for developing a friendship. Philosophy is not clear-cut, but still offers insight into abstract concepts like friendship.