In classical and medieval thinking, therefore, it was highly valuable. Friendship is not ‘necessary’ as such -we don’t biolgically need it in order to reproduce, it doesn’t arise out of maternal or paternal warmth, it is a freely chosen relationship, based as much on reason as emotion. Lewis differentiates friendship from the other types of affinity: it is, he says, 'the least biological, organic, instinctive, gregarious and necessary.the least natural of loves'. Examples might be the comradeship shared between supporters of the same football team, or fans of the same books or films. Friendship is the bond existing between people who share common interests, values, or activities. Philia (philía, Greek: φιλία) is what we call friendship, the love between friends as close as siblings in strength.
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