Platonic dialogue
C1211
concept
A Platonic dialogue is a philosophical text, typically featuring Socrates, in which ideas are explored through question-and-answer conversations that probe definitions, assumptions, and the nature of knowledge and virtue.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| philosophical dialogue | 46 |
| Socratic dialogue | 34 |
| Platonic dialogue canonical | 31 |
| dialogue | 21 |
| work by Plato | 2 |
| πλατωνικός διάλογος | 2 |
| σωκρατικός διάλογος | 2 |
| Renaissance dialogue | 1 |
| Socratic concept | 1 |
| ancient Greek philosophical dialogue | 1 |
| ancient philosophical dialogue | 1 |
| book of philosophical dialogue | 1 |
| dialogue form literature | 1 |
| moral-philosophical dialogue | 1 |
| part of Plato's Republic | 1 |
| philosophical dialogue book section | 1 |
| section of a philosophical dialogue | 1 |
| έργο του Πλάτωνα | 1 |
Instances (120)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Noctes Ambrosianae | dialogue |
| Les Soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg | philosophical dialogue |
| Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher | philosophical dialogue |
| Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous | dialogue |
| Secretum | philosophical dialogue |
| De remediis utriusque fortunae | moral-philosophical dialogue |
| La velada en Benicarló | philosophical dialogue |
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The Art of War
surface form:
The Art of War (Machiavelli)
|
dialogue |
| De voluptate | philosophical dialogue |
| Dialogus de oratoribus | philosophical dialogue |
|
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
surface form:
Parmenides (dialogue)
|
— |
|
Plato's dialogue "Sophist"
surface form:
Sophist
|
— |
| Plato's Symposium | philosophical dialogue |
| Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion | dialogue |
| Xenophon's Apology of Socrates | Socratic dialogue |
| First Day | dialogue |
| A Modern Symposium | philosophical dialogue |
| Plato's Republic | philosophical dialogue |
| the examined life | Socratic concept |
| Politikos | ancient Greek philosophical dialogue |
| Plato's Charmides | Socratic dialogue |
| De re publica | philosophical dialogue |
| De legibus | philosophical dialogue |
| Tusculanae Disputationes | dialogue |
| De natura deorum | philosophical dialogue |
| De oratore | philosophical dialogue |
| Μένων | Socratic dialogue |
| Dialogues with a Persian | philosophical dialogue |
| Hippias Minor | Socratic dialogue |
| Χαρμίδης | Socratic dialogue |
| Ἱππίας μείζων | — |
| Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems | dialogue |
| Θεαίτητος | — |
| Φίληβος | Socratic dialogue |
| Melian Dialogue | philosophical dialogue |
| Conversations with Children on the Gospels | dialogue |
| Mendelssohns "Phaedon" | philosophical dialogue |
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Plato's Alcibiades I
surface form:
Alcibiades I
|
Socratic dialogue |
| Plato's Meno | Socratic dialogue |
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Plato's Alcibiades II
surface form:
Alcibiades II
|
Socratic dialogue |
| Xenophon's Memorabilia | Socratic dialogue |
| Lysis | — |
| Clitophon | — |
| Sansuijin keirin mondō | philosophical dialogue |
| Ichinen yūhan | philosophical dialogue |
| Plato's Theaetetus | Socratic dialogue |
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Menexenus (Plato)
surface form:
Menexenus
|
Socratic dialogue |
| Republic | philosophical dialogue |
| Apology | Socratic dialogue |
| Laws | philosophical dialogue |