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Lysis

by Plato

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'Ah, Hippothales, I said; what a noble and really perfect love you have found! I wish that you would favour me with the exhibition which you have been making to the rest of the company, and then I shall be able to judge whether you know what a lover ought to say about his love, either to the youth himself, or to others.'

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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ancient Greeceancient GreeceMore like thisLess of thisancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisGreeceGreeceMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 48 pages

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