Platonic dialogue character
C10605
concept
A Platonic dialogue character is a fictional or semi-fictional interlocutor used by Plato to voice, question, or challenge philosophical ideas within a structured conversational setting.
All labels observed (22)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Platonic dialogue character canonical | 10 |
| dialogue interlocutor | 6 |
| philosophical interlocutor | 4 |
| character in a philosophical dialogue | 3 |
| fictional philosopher | 3 |
| philosophical dialogue character | 3 |
| Dialogue character | 2 |
| Philosophical interlocutor | 2 |
| dialogue character | 2 |
| Interlocutor of Socrates | 1 |
| Stoic-influenced interlocutor | 1 |
| character in Plato's Symposium | 1 |
| character in a Platonic dialogue | 1 |
| character in a philosophical work | 1 |
| fictionalized character in philosophical dialogue | 1 |
| figure in Platonic dialogues | 1 |
| interlocutor in a Platonic dialogue | 1 |
| interlocutor in a dialogue | 1 |
| interlocutor in a philosophical dialogue | 1 |
| interlocutor of Socrates | 1 |
| philosopher character | 1 |
| philosophical interlocutor pair | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: Platonic dialogue character
Generated description
A Platonic dialogue character is a fictional or semi-fictional interlocutor used by Plato to voice, question, or challenge philosophical ideas within a structured conversational setting.
Instances (43)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| the Gentleman | dialogue interlocutor |
| the Master of Ceremonies | dialogue interlocutor |
| Salviati | dialogue character |
| Sagredo | dialogue interlocutor |
| Simplicio | philosopher character |
| Glaucon | — |
| Cephalus | — |
|
the Athenian Stranger
surface form:
Athenian Stranger
|
philosophical interlocutor |
| Adeimantus | interlocutor in a Platonic dialogue |
| Clinias of Crete | interlocutor in a dialogue |
| Eleatic Stranger | fictional philosopher |
| Thrasymachus | fictionalized character in philosophical dialogue |
| Socrates and Polus | philosophical interlocutor pair |
| Polemarchus | character in a philosophical work |
| Polus | — |
| Eudicus | — |
| Timaeus of Locri | — |
| McX | fictional philosopher |
| Rameau's nephew | dialogue character |
| Doctor Bordeu | philosophical interlocutor |
| Xocrates | character in a philosophical dialogue |
|
Mantinea
surface form:
Diotima of Mantinea
|
figure in Platonic dialogues |
| António Mora | fictional philosopher |
| Philalèthe | philosophical interlocutor |
| Alciphron | philosophical dialogue character |
| Lysicles | philosophical dialogue character |
| Hylas | philosophical interlocutor |
| Philonous | Philosophical interlocutor |
| Euphranor | Philosophical interlocutor |
| Trypho | dialogue interlocutor |
| Marranus | dialogue interlocutor |
| Echecrates | — |
|
Ἀδείμαντος
surface form:
Adeimantus (Plato’s Republic interlocutor)
|
— |
| Philus | character in a philosophical dialogue |
| Manilius | dialogue interlocutor |
| Tubero | Stoic-influenced interlocutor |
| Fannius | character in a philosophical dialogue |
| Pausanias | — |
| Agathon | character in Plato's Symposium |
| Πῶλος | character in a Platonic dialogue |
|
Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story)
surface form:
Timaeus (character)
|
— |
| Eryximachus | — |
| Demea | philosophical dialogue character |