Dialogue

 1 Lysis|          But how is this?’ ‘The reason is that he is not old enough.’ ‘
 2 Lysis|      old enough.’ ‘No; the real reason is that he is not wise enough:
 3 Lysis|         a fool. And this is the reason why I take you into my counsels,
 4 Lysis|          he said, Socrates, the reason is that I am not of age.~
 5 Lysis|        whether that is the real reason, I said; for I should imagine
 6 Lysis|      said.~Then what can be the reason, Lysis, I said, why they
 7 Lysis|         dear youth, I said, the reason is not any deficiency of
 8 Lysis|     pugnacious, and that is the reason why I want you to argue
 9 Lysis|        the body is compelled by reason of disease to court and
10 Lysis|  becomes the friend of good, by reason of the presence of evil?~
11 Lysis| Friendship is the love which by reason of the presence of evil
12 Lysis|       be sure.~But is there any reason why, because evil perishes,
13 Lysis|    friend loves something for a reason? and at the time of making