01678cam a22003493u 4500 1579 UtSlPG 20260610133046.0 m cr n 260607r1998||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 B PA Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE Lysis Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1998 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysis_(dialogue) Release date is 1998-12-01 Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "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.) Original publication data not identified Classical literature Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Friendship -- Early works to 1800 Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1579 43695 43695