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Lysis (/ ˈ l aɪ s ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Λύσις, genitive case Λύσιδος, showing the stem Λύσιδ-, from which the infrequent translation Lysides), 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. [1]
In Plato's dialogues, the soul plays many disparate roles. Among other things, Plato believes that the soul is what gives life to the body (which was articulated most of all in the Laws and Phaedrus) in terms of self-motion: to be alive is to be capable of moving oneself; the soul is a self-mover. He also thinks that the soul is the bearer of ...
For Plato says, "Socrates, my master, is my friend but a greater friend is truth." And Aristotle says that he prefers to be in accord with the truth, than with the friendship of our master, Plato. These things are clear from the Life of Aristotle and from the first book of Ethics and from the book of secrets.
The hyperuranion [1] or topos hyperuranios [2] (Ancient Greek: ὑπερουράνιον τόπον, [3] [4] accusative of ὑπερουράνιος τόπος, "place beyond heaven"), which is also called Platonic realm, is a place in heaven where all ideas of real things are collected together. [5]
Strong energy around friendships is stirring in the cosmos this year, Taurus. "Destiny is mixing the pot," says Thomas. "Soulmate platonic friendships could also play a vital factor for you this ...
The Charmides (/ ˈ k ɑːr m ɪ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: Χαρμίδης) is a dialogue of Plato, in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy named Charmides in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as "temperance," "self-control," or "restraint."
Because, as Rhaina Cohen pointed out in The Atlantic in October 2020, friendship can definitely have a starring role in one’s life, though many reserve that spot for a romantic partner.
Sydney Langford, whose YA novel The Loudest Silence also features aroace friendship, agrees: “Besides family, [romance is] the only sort of love that is considered important.”But it doesn’t ...