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 |
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Instruction
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Input
Class: Platonic dialogue
Generated description
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.
Instances (120)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Statesman | — |
|
Ion
surface form:
Ion (dialogue)
|
— |
| Euthydemus | Socratic dialogue |
| Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave) | section of a philosophical dialogue |
| Symposium (Plato) | philosophical dialogue |
| Timaeus | — |
|
"Euthydemus" by Plato
surface form:
Euthydemus
|
Socratic dialogue |
| Socrates and Critobulus | dialogue |
|
“On household management”
surface form:
On household management
|
Socratic dialogue |
| Phaedrus | philosophical dialogue |
| Theaetetus | — |
| Philebus | — |
| Gorgias | Socratic dialogue |
| Euthyphro | Socratic dialogue |
| Meno | Socratic dialogue |
| Laches | Socratic dialogue |
| Cratylus | Socratic dialogue |
| Hippias Major | — |
| Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion | dialogue |
| Charmides | Socratic dialogue |
| Κρίτων | Socratic dialogue |
|
Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"
surface form:
Protagoras (dialogue)
|
Socratic dialogue |
| Yoga Vasistha | philosophical dialogue |
| The Consolation of Philosophy | philosophical dialogue |
| The Ichthyophagia (Fish-Eating) Dialogue | dialogue |
| Dialoghi con Leucò | dialogue |
| De nobilitate | philosophical dialogue |
| De l'infinito, universo e mondi | dialogue |
| La cena de le ceneri | philosophical dialogue |
| Spaccio de la bestia trionfante | philosophical dialogue |
| Yājñavalkya–Gārgī dialogue | philosophical dialogue |
| Dialogue on Oratory | philosophical dialogue |
| Socratic dialogues of Plato | dialogue form literature |
| Phädon | philosophical dialogue |
| Corydon | dialogue |
| The Book of the Courtier | Renaissance dialogue |
| Supplément au voyage de Bougainville | philosophical dialogue |
| Le Neveu de Rameau | philosophical dialogue |
| Deipnosophistae | dialogue |
| Le Rêve de d’Alembert | philosophical dialogue |
| Xenophon’s Symposium | Socratic dialogue |
| Phaedo | — |
| Epinomis | ancient philosophical dialogue |
| Republic, Book I | philosophical dialogue book section |
|
Plato's dialogue Ion
surface form:
Ion (dialogue)
|
philosophical dialogue |
| Theages | Socratic dialogue |
| Cicero's philosophical dialogues | dialogue |
| On the Ends of Good and Evil | dialogue |
| De oratore, Book I | philosophical dialogue |
| Συμπόσιον | philosophical dialogue |