Lysis Or Friendship by Plato
On Friendship
A short Socratic dialogue in which Socrates questions a circle of youths and admirers about the nature of friendship, probing whether friends are chosen for similarity, difference, usefulness, or shared goodness. Through playful interrogation and several paradoxes—about self-love, the role of pleasure and utility, and whether friends seek what they lack or what they already possess—the speakers advance and refute competing accounts without reaching a definitive conclusion. The work highlights the difficulties of defining friendship and suggests that its true character resists simple classification, leaving the matter open for further thought.
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- Λύσις
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