ABSTRACT
The thought of a spiritual unity carry people inevitably beyond what is purely human. The struggle to achieve the human good would be a futile one if it were perpetually thwarted by the conditions of the universe in which human life is carried on; and it would not be a very hopeful one if it were not, in some degree, helped by these conditions. It is generally recognized that a nation, and still more humanity as a whole, cannot be regarded as simply a collection of individuals. Their gregarious instincts may be regarded as simply an addition to those instincts that are concerned with the maintenance of their individual lives. Love is the best term that we can use to express the kind of unity that binds persons together in a larger whole-love or the sense of brotherhood. Aristotle distinguished three main types of friendship or love; and it is possible that an even larger number might properly be recognized.
