Plato's Lysis (Paperback)

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.