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    Lysis
    Lysis
    Lysis
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    Lysis

    By Plato

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    Lysis is a dialogue of Plato which discusses the nature of philia (φιλία), often translated as friendship, while the word's original content was of a much larger and more intimate bond. It is generally classified as an early dialogue.

    Plato (428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

    Translator: Benjamin Jowett
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPasserino
    Release dateFeb 19, 2020
    ISBN9788835375142
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    Plato

    Plato (aprox. 424-327 BC), a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle, is commonly regarded as the centermost figure of Western philosophy. During the Classical period of Ancient Greece he was based in Athens where he founded his Academy and created the Platonist school of thought. His works are among the most influential in Western history, commanding interest and challenging readers of every era and background since they were composed.

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      Lysis - Plato

      Lysis

      Lysis

      PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, who is the narrator, Menexenus, Hippothales, Lysis, Ctesippus.

      THE SETTING: A newly-erected Palaestra outside the walls of Athens.

      I was going from the Academy straight to the Lyceum, intending to take the outer road, which is close under the wall. When I came to the postern gate of the city, which is by the fountain of Panops, I fell in with Hippothales, the son of Hieronymus, and Ctesippus the Paeanian, and a company of young men who were standing with them. Hippothales, seeing me approach, asked whence I came and whither I was going.

      I am going, I replied, from the Academy straight to the Lyceum.

      Then come straight to us, he said, and put in here; you may as well.

      Who are you, I said; and where am I to come?

      He showed me an enclosed space and an open door over against the wall. And there, he said, is the building at which we all meet: and a goodly company we are.

      And what is this building, I asked; and what sort of entertainment have you?

      The building, he replied, is a newly erected Palaestra; and the entertainment is generally conversation, to which you are welcome.

      Thank you, I said; and is there any teacher there?

      Yes, he said, your old friend and admirer, Miccus.

      Indeed, I replied; he is a very eminent professor.

      Are you disposed, he said, to go with me and see them?

      Yes, I said; but I should like to know first, what is expected of me, and who is the favourite among you?

      Some persons have one favourite, Socrates, and some another, he said.

      And who is yours? I asked: tell me that, Hippothales.

      At this he blushed; and I said to him, O Hippothales, thou son of Hieronymus! do not say that you are, or that you are not, in love; the confession is too late; for I see that you are not only in love, but are already far gone in your love. Simple and foolish as I am, the Gods have given me the power of understanding affections of this kind.

      Whereupon he blushed more and more.

      Ctesippus said: I like to see you blushing, Hippothales, and hesitating to tell Socrates the name; when, if he were with you but for a very short time, you would have plagued him to death by talking about nothing else. Indeed, Socrates, he has literally deafened us, and stopped our ears with the praises of Lysis; and if he is a little intoxicated, there is every likelihood that we may have our sleep murdered with a cry of Lysis. His performances in prose are bad enough, but nothing at all in comparison with his verse;

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