the rambam says in perque avos that there are…

Keyword friend the rambam says in perque avos that there are three types of friends. A friend for benefit who is someone that you spend time with because you're some benefit other than friendship there's a friend for enjoyment which is a either a friend for pleasure or a friend for confidence. The friendship for pleasures when you like doing similar activities and you want to enjoy them together and a friendship for confidence is somebody who you enjoy on an emotional level which is a friend you can really speak to to unburden your heart or to enjoy a conversation about life with this is a friend you can be yourself around without fearing any loss from speaking freely. You know that your words will be kept in confidence. The third type of friend is a friend for virtue where the two of yours striving for some greater good together and you make each other better through the process.

— from Time

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