Again, it is perhaps absurd to make our happy man a solitary, because no man would choose the possession of all goods in the world on the condition of solitariness, man being a social animal and formed by nature for living with others. Of course the happy man has this qualification since he has all those things which are good by nature: and it is obvious that the society of friends and good men must be preferable to that of strangers and ordinary people, and we conclude therefore, that the happy man does need friends.
This includes both Material goods as well as social goods. After all, which man would want to be all alone, sharing nothing with society, or at least family and friends?
I recently stayed at home, while my wife, sister-in-law, and foster-son went to visit my parents for the day. By the end of the day, I was pacing like a caged animal, and wondering what time they'd be coming home. It's the small things such as people in the house that make a man happy.
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