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And they whose motive is pleasure are in like case: I mean, they

have Friendship for men of easy pleasantry, not because they are

of a given character but because they are pleasant to themselves.

So then they whose motive to Friendship is utility love their

friends for what is good to themselves; they whose motive is

pleasure do so for what is pleasurable to themselves; that is to

say, not in so far as the friend beloved is but in so far as he

is useful or pleasurable. These Friendships then are a matter of

result: since the object is not beloved in that he is the man he

is but in that he furnishes advantage or pleasure as the case may

be.