Lysis

Name: Lysis
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Plato
ISBN: 9781787366282

Author: Plato

Narrator: Oliver Adams

Unabridged: 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 03/18/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Synopsis

"Lysis" is a dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of friendship and the qualities that make it valuable. The dialogue is named after the main character, a young boy named Lysis, and is narrated by Socrates. Socrates encounters Lysis and his friend Menexenus, and begins to question them about the nature of their friendship. Lysis and Menexenus struggle to define what makes their friendship valuable, and Socrates suggests that perhaps they are not true friends if they cannot articulate why they enjoy each other's company. Read in English, unabridged.

About Plato

Plato (427-347 B.C.) was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer, and student of Socrates. Most of his works, which form some of the core foundations of Western philosophy, are written in the form of dialogues, in which Socrates often figures prominently. His best-known writings include the Republic, the Apology, the Symposium, Crito, and Statesman. Plato's work addresses such diverse themes as the nature of love, human knowledge and understanding, and the ideal form of government.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Greg on September 03, 2012

And I would rather have a good friend than the best cock Lysis is the Plato dialogue on Friendship. After a preliminary discussion with Lysis about his parents and the things he is and not premitted to do, Menexenus enters into the dialogue and the focus shifts to friendship. Socrates says, "I should......more

Goodreads review by Manny on May 21, 2014

The Trial of Socrates and Rolf Harris (part 1) [A courtroom at The Hague. SOCRATES, ROLF HARRIS, various COUNSELS and COURT FUNCTIONARIES, JOURNALISTS and members of the PUBLIC] COURT USHER: The case of Zeus versus Socrates and Rolf Harris, Lord Justice Cocklecarrot presiding, all rise, all rise. COCKL......more

Goodreads review by Simo on October 21, 2016

After a little small talk about the boy and his "favourite" other boy (his lover), Socrates jumps right into the main issue which is: what is the nature of friendship? Socrates gives a definition ... Then another one ... Then another one ... Then he says to himself that his "head is dizzy (my head too)......more

Goodreads review by Roy on March 22, 2018

This dialogue is normally grouped along with Laches and Charmides as an early, inconclusive dialogue. They are also alike in providing amusing portraits of life in Athens. This dialogue, for example, has a humorous beginning. Ctesippus complains to Socrates that Hippothales is always going on about......more

Goodreads review by Alberto on August 19, 2020

Un percorso sull'amicizia e sull'infanzia. Attuale anche dopo 2500 anni......more