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.

Observed surface forms (6)

  • Socratic dialogue ×17
  • philosophical dialogue ×12
  • dialogue ×2
  • work by Plato ×2
  • dialogue form literature ×1
  • section of a philosophical dialogue ×1

Instances (36)