
Lysis
Resumen
"Lysis" by Plato is a dialogue written in the early period of Plato's work. In this philosophical conversation, Socrates encounters young men at a wrestling school and engages them in examining the nature of philia—an intimate bond deeper than modern friendship. Through questioning two boys, Lysis and Menexenus, Socrates explores whether true friendship exists between similar people, opposites, or something else entirely. Each promising definition is systematically challenged, leaving the nature of loving friendship mysteriously unresolved. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Derechos y procedencia
Public domain in the USA.
Distribución en la UE no verificada
Materias (7)
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Philosophy & Ethics
- PA
- B
- Classical literature
- Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC
- Friendship -- Early works to 1800





