Plato's Lysis

Abstract

Preface Part I. An Analysis of the Lysis: 1. 203AI-207B7: the cast assembles and the main conversation is set up 2. 207B8-210D8 (Socrates and Lysis): do Lysis' parents really love him? 3. 210EI-213C9: Socrates and Menexenus - how does one get a friend? 4. 213DI-216B9: Socrates and Lysis again, then Menexenus - poets and cosmologists on what is friend of what (like of like: or opposite of opposite?) 5. 216CI-221D6: what it is that loves, what it really loves and why 6. 221D6-222B2: the main argument reaches its conclusion 7. 222B3-E7: some further questions from Socrates about the argument, leading to (apparent) impasse 8. 223AI-B8: the dialogue ends - people will say that Socrates and the boys think they are friends, but they haven't been able to discover what 'the friend' is 9. 203AI-207B7 revisited Part II. The Theory of the Lysis: 10. A rereading of the Lysis: some preliminaries 11. A rereading of the Lysis 12. On seeking the good of others independently of one's own good and other unfinished business Epilogue Translation of the Lysis Bibliography Indexes.

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