Plato: Lysis
08/04/2016
The Lysis (Greek: Λύσις) is a dialogue by Plato on the nature of love and friendship.
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Free Online Texts
Gutenberg: Lysis by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, multiple formats.
Perseus: Lysis. English text (Lamb, 1955). Greek text (Burnet .ed, 1903)
University of Adelaide (Internet Archive): Lysis, translated by Benjamin Jowett. EPUB, HTML and MOBI formats.
Wikisource: Lysis, translated by Benjamin Jowett, online text.
Other Resources
Approaching Plato: A Guide to the Early and Middle Dialogues
History of Philosophy without any gaps: Wings of Desire: Plato's Erotic Dialogues - podcast by philosopher Peter Adamson.
Librivox: Lysis - audiobook
Philpapers: Plato - Lysis - open access papers.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plato on Friendship and Eros, by C.D.C Reeve.
Wikipedia: Lysis
The Great Conversation: Further reading at Tom's Learning Notes
Plato: Symposium, Phaedrus - along with the Lysis, these are considered to be Plato's erotic dialogues.
Ancient Greek resources: learn to read Greek classics in the original.
Bloom's Western Canon: Plato's Dialogues are listed.
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