S08 Ep01 - When friendships don’t last in marriages - Utility, Pleasure, and the Path to Virtue

2025-09-03

What makes a true friendship? In this episode of Living Fullness, Stina and Padre explore the classical categories of friendship—utility, pleasure, and virtue—and how they manifest in everyday life, relationships, and even marriage. 00:00:00 - 00:04:00 - Introduction and Catching Up 00:04:01 - 00:04:37 - Friendship and Marriage: Recap of 3 Types of Friendship 00:04:38 - 00:05:54- A Friendship of Utility 00:05:55 - 00:06:55 - A Friendship of Pleasure 00:06:56 - 00:12:04 - A Friendship of Virtue or a Fri...

What makes a true friendship? In this episode of Living Fullness, Stina and Padre explore the classical categories of friendship—utility, pleasure, and virtue—and how they manifest in everyday life, relationships, and even marriage.

00:00:00 - 00:04:00 - Introduction and Catching Up

00:04:01 - 00:04:37 -

Friendship and Marriage: Recap of 3 Types of Friendship

00:04:38 - 00:05:54- A Friendship of Utility

00:05:55 - 00:06:55 - A Friendship of Pleasure

00:06:56 - 00:12:04 - A Friendship of Virtue or a Friendship of Goodness

00:12:05 - 00:17:21 - How will you know that you have the same end goal for a Virtuous Friendship?

00:17:22 - 00:19:16 - How to determine that you have a Friendship of Goodness?

00:19:17 - 00:22:40 - A Friendship in Marriage

00:22:41 - 00:25:51 - Importance of Friendship before Marriage

00:25:52 - 00:29:24 - Truth, Beauty and Goodness / Episode Conclusion

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