{"product_id":"2940012699978","title":"Lysis, or Friendship","description":"Lysis, or Friendship\u003cbr\u003eby Plato translated by Benjamin Jowett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lysis is one of the socratic dialogues written by Plato and discusses the nature of friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main characters are Socrates, the boys Lysis and Menexenus who are friends, as well as Hippothales, who is in unrequited love with Lysis. Socrates proposes several possible notions regarding the true nature of friendship: Friendship between like and like; friendship between unlike and unlike; friendship between neither-good-nor-bad and good in the presence of evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the end, Socrates discards all these ideas as wrong. While no definite conclusion is reached, it is suggested that the common pursuit of the \"good and beautiful\" (kalos kagathos) is the true motivation for friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrench aristocrat Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen, who had fled Paris in the early 1900s after a homosexual scandal, named the house he built on Capri Villa Lysis after the title of this dialogue.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor additional information on publishing your books on iPhone and iPad please visit www.AppsPublisher.com","brand":"Apps Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081611493616,"sku":"2940012699978","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012699978_p0.jpg?v=1763571892","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012699978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}