¿Qué es la amistad?

The dialogue takes place in Athens and involves a conversation between Socrates, the boys Lysis and Menexenus, and Hippothales, who is in unrequited love with Lysis. Socrates engages in a dialectical examination of the concept of friendship, proposing and critiquing various definitions. The dialogue considers whether the lover or the beloved is the friend, whether like is the friend of like or unlike, and other hypotheses, ultimately concluding without a definitive answer to what constitutes a friend.

La Ética a Nicómaco de Aristóteles es una obra fundamental de la filosofía moral. Aristóteles explora la naturaleza de la felicidad humana (eudaimonía) y cómo alcanzarla a través de la virtud. La obra analiza diferentes tipos de amistad, destacando la importancia de la amistad basada en la virtud. Aristóteles argumenta que la virtud ética es esencial para una vida plena y que la amistad es un elemento crucial para el desarrollo moral. La Ética a Nicómaco ha influenciado profundamente el pensamiento ético occidental.

This foundational work of Western literature, written in the 8th century BC, delves into the complexities of human relationships and the impacts of divine intervention in human affairs. The poem begins with Achilles' rage and the destructive consequences it has for the Greek forces besieging Troy, highlighting the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon and the dynamics between gods and mortals.