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Lysis

by Plato

Lysis is a dialogue of Plato which discusses the nature of philia 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.

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Plato ( Classical Attic; 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,...

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