This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Lysis, focused on the nature of love and friendship

This lecture focuses specifically on he early discussion between Socrates and Menexenus about the connections between love or desire and friendship, aiming at determining who has to feel love towards the other. They waver between the view that friendship requires both the lover and loved person to love each other mutually, or that it can be more of a one-way street.

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Plato, The Lysis - Love and Friendship - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Lysis, focused on the nature of love and friendship

This lecture focuses specifically on a dialectical examination at the heart of the dialogue, bearing on determining how friendship works, and who can be friends with each other. Socrates considers whether good, bad, or neutral people can be friends with each other, and what the basis for friendship is. He will end up eliminating a number of the possible combinations of friends, and settle upon friendship as taking place between the good and the neutral on account of the bad.

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Plato, The Lysis - The Good, The Bad, And Friendship - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Lysis, focused on the nature of love and friendship

This lecture focuses specifically on  the portion of the text right after Socrates and his interlocutors seem have reached some sort of solid understanding of friendship, namely that it is between the good and the neutral on account of the bad. Socrates then sees a complication in this, and begins to explore this "on account of" or "because" in terms of things or people that we value for their own sake, and those that we value instrumentally.

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Plato, The Lysis - Friendship and Valuation - Sadler's Lectures

first, one most model thyself, then again.

Model Thyself (unreleased self)

Model Thyself (release self)

Ph3nix Rise – Priority (Original Mix)

What deserves your attention? What truly matters when everything competes for your time?

Priority (Original Mix) is a melodic house journey through distraction, ambition, and clarity. Built on emotional melodies, atmospheric textures, and driving rhythms, the track explores the constant tension between external expectations and the inner voice that calls us toward what matters most.

As the energy builds, Priority becomes more than a dance track—it becomes a reminder that every decision shapes the person you become. In a world filled with noise, choosing your priorities is choosing your future.

This release is part of the ongoing vision of Ph3nix Rise Productions: creating electronic music that blends melodic storytelling, philosophy, psychology, and personal transformation into immersive sonic experiences.

Title: Priority (Original Mix)
Artist: Ph3nix Rise
Length: 4min 15sec
Release Date: 7/17/26
Label: Ph3nix Rise Productions

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Priority

Dedicated To My Father 

Ph3nix Rise - Afterlife (Hope To Meet Again) (Original Mix)

This song is an emotional journey back to July 22nd 2025, the day when my families lives were forever changed. 

This song is a soundtrack for the people who are fighting a war against grief. 

It also serves as a sign of hope. To live in remembrance of our lost loved ones 

-Ph3nix 

"Afterlife (Hope To Meet Again)” explores the emotions left behind when we lose someone important — the moments we shared, the echoes that remain, and the belief that somewhere beyond this life, we may find each other again.

Title: Afterlife (Hope To Meet Again) 
Artist: Ph3nix Rise 
Length: 2min 58sec
Release Date: 7/22/26
Label: Ph3nix Rise Productions 

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Afterlife (Hope To Meet Again)

Ph3nix Rise – Potential in You

There is something inside you that hasn't been fully discovered yet.

Potential in You is a dark, atmospheric electronic journey about self-belief, transformation, and finding the strength to keep moving forward when self doubt tells you to stop.

Driven by hypnotic melodies, powerful rhythms, and an evolving cinematic atmosphere, this track represents the realization that your potential isn't something you need to find somewhere else... It's already inside you.

This song is dedicated to all those fighting a battle against mental illness. You are stronger than you think. There is potential in you. 

Title: Potential In You
Artist: Ph3nix Rise
Length: 3min 15sec
Release Date: 8/12/26
Label: Ph3nix Rise Productions

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Potential In You

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[Intro]

Yeah.

We’ve all had the thought.

“What does any of this mean?”

Usually around 2 a.m.

Very productive hour.

[Verse 1]

Everybody wants a reason, everybody wants a sign,
Everybody wants the cosmos to explain itself on time.
We read books and watch some videos and call the whole thing growth,
Then ignore the one good answer ’cause it sounded way too close.

We make plans to find our purpose, make a spreadsheet for the soul,
Set a goal to stop controlling while aggressively in control.
Buy a journal, write “be present,” check the phone before it dries,
Then spend twenty minutes wondering why we tell ourselves these lies.

We say, “Maybe I need balance.”
Then we optimize the rest.
Turn relaxing into homework.
Turn recovery to a test.

And the second peace arrives,
We inspect it ’til it goes.

Maybe we don’t know the answer.

Maybe something else just knows.

[Chorus]

The bass knows.
We don’t, and that’s okay.
We’ve been overthinking everything
Since roughly yesterday.

The bass knows.
No thesis, no degree.
Just a pulse beneath the nonsense
Going, “Yeah, probably breathe.”

The bass knows.
We’re still taking notes.
Trying to decode existence
While the whole damn planet floats.

[Verse 2]

Somebody says, “Trust the process.”
Cool.
Could someone name the process?

Is there documentation somewhere?
Did we skip it during onboarding?

Why are we conscious?
Why do we dream?
Why does one weird text at midnight
wreck an otherwise decent week?

Why can someone know their patterns,
Know exactly what they do,
Then repeat the same behaviour
With impressive follow-through?

We can name the wound in Latin,
Trace the trigger to age three,
Know the nervous system theory,
Still reply, “K.”

Immediately.

We’re enlightened in the abstract.
In the moment?
Bit less neat.

Apparently the road to wisdom
has a lot of petty tweets.

[Chorus]

The bass knows.
We don’t, and that’s okay.
Half of life is acting certain
while improvising anyway.

The bass knows.
No sermon, no advice.
Just a rhythm saying maybe
you don’t need to solve your life.

The bass knows.
Let the mystery remain.
Not every weird internal weather
needs a dashboard and a name.

[Verse 3]

We keep waiting for the moment
when the whole thing finally clicks,
When the trauma gets resolved
and we stop doing stupid shit.

When success feels like success
and love no longer makes us weird,
When we’ve read enough psychology
to permanently delete fear.

Cute.

But No.

You’ll probably still get jealous.
Still procrastinate sometimes.
Still rehearse fake conversations.
Still misread somebody’s vibe.

Still say, “I have learned my lesson,”
then immediately get tested.
Universe goes, “Great, prove it.”
Everybody hates this method.

But maybe that’s the funny part.
Maybe growth is not a cure.
Maybe wisdom is just noticing
you’ve been here before.

Maybe life is less a puzzle
with one answer at the end,
More a joke you slowly understand
then have to hear again.

[Bridge]

Zoom in:
Bills and deadlines,
texts you shouldn’t send.

Zoom out:
Galaxies are dying
and the stars don’t have opinions.

Zoom in:
You’re worried someone
thinks your message sounded cold.

Zoom out:
You are carbon
briefly worried about its tone.

That should probably help.

It doesn’t.

Still funny though.

[Final Chorus]

The bass knows.
Or maybe bass knows shit.
Maybe we just like the feeling
of pretending it’s profound a bit.

The bass knows.
That’s good enough tonight.
We can leave a few big questions
without dragging them to light.

The bass knows.
And if it doesn’t, fine.
At least it never made a podcast
called “Unlock Your Higher Mind.”

The bass knows.
No course, no sacred scroll.
No twelve-step morning protocol
to monetize your soul.

So if the universe is silent,
and your brain won’t let it go,
You can keep on asking questions.

Just don’t expect to know.

[Outro]

We’re all guessing.

Some of us use bigger words.

That’s mostly it.

Ancient truths at forty hertz.

Peer review pending.

Vibes conclusive.

The Bass Knows

PH3NIX RISE PRODUCTIONS

Independent electronic music imprint operating beneath the surface.

Driven by dark, psychological, and story-driven electronic music, Ph3nix Rise Productions explores underground techno, progressive rhythms, hypnotic grooves, deep melodies, and cinematic atmospheres.

Music built for the underground.
Music built to tell a story.

Enter the Ph3nix Rise universe.

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