Buffy/Angel - A Neverending Dream

(Be warned: This is quite lengthy) It's an essay from a Buffy related book once again credited to 'Imblack21' for her find. The girls becoming a b/a santa!
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy
Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

The essay in question:

Buffy in the Buffy:
A Slayer's Solution to Aristotle's amor Paradox
Melissa M. Milavec and Sharon M. Kaye

Background from the essay...

The Aristotelian Framework

According to Aristotle, there are three levels of friendship. The lowest form, "utility friendship", is based on mutual benefit, irrespective of whether o not two parties...

Ever since I first started watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer, I've always felt that ángel was a better match for Buffy than Spike. To me, Bangel is the perfect couple and they're soul mates who are star-crossed enamorados like Romeo and Juliet. They've had to deal with things that no other couple have had to deal with but yet they've come out strong in the end. ángel is the one that Buffy truly is meant to be with because she told him she was cookie dough and not fully baked while ángel told her that he wasn't getting any older. They have been through a lot and I will always amor them. I've always...