Lysis by Plato
03/03/15 • 55 min
Lysis (ΛΥΣΙΣ) discusses friendship and love between the good and bad. Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen named his villa on the Italian island of Capri after this Socratic dialogue. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Illumination: Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death by Master of the Chronique scandaleuse c.1500.
Lysis (ΛΥΣΙΣ) discusses friendship and love between the good and bad. Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen named his villa on the Italian island of Capri after this Socratic dialogue. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Illumination: Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death by Master of the Chronique scandaleuse c.1500.
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