Plato's dialogue "Sophist"
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Plato's dialogue "Sophist" is a late philosophical work in which an Eleatic Stranger leads a rigorous inquiry into the nature of the sophist, being and non-being, and the possibility of falsehood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Plato's Sophist | 1 |
| Plato's dialogue "Sophist" canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's dialogue "Sophist" Context triple: [Parmenides, mentionedIn, Plato's dialogue "Sophist"]
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Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" is a late, highly abstract philosophical work in which a young Socrates engages with the Eleatic philosopher Parmenides on the problems of Forms, unity, and being.
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B.
Middle dialogues of Plato
The Middle dialogues of Plato are a group of his philosophical works, including texts like the Phaedo, in which he develops mature theories such as the Theory of Forms and the immortality of the soul through rich dramatic dialogues.
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C.
"Euthydemus" by Plato
"Euthydemus" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue that satirically examines sophistry and the nature of philosophical argument through conversations between Socrates and the sophists Euthydemus and Dionysodorus.
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D.
Socratic dialogues of Plato
The Socratic dialogues of Plato are a series of philosophical texts in which Socrates engages interlocutors through probing questions to explore ethics, knowledge, justice, and the nature of reality.
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E.
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates is a Socratic dialogue in which the historian Xenophon presents an alternative account of Socrates' defense speech and character at his trial, distinct from Plato's more famous version.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's dialogue "Sophist" Target entity description: Plato's dialogue "Sophist" is a late philosophical work in which an Eleatic Stranger leads a rigorous inquiry into the nature of the sophist, being and non-being, and the possibility of falsehood.
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A.
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" is a late, highly abstract philosophical work in which a young Socrates engages with the Eleatic philosopher Parmenides on the problems of Forms, unity, and being.
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B.
Middle dialogues of Plato
The Middle dialogues of Plato are a group of his philosophical works, including texts like the Phaedo, in which he develops mature theories such as the Theory of Forms and the immortality of the soul through rich dramatic dialogues.
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C.
"Euthydemus" by Plato
"Euthydemus" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue that satirically examines sophistry and the nature of philosophical argument through conversations between Socrates and the sophists Euthydemus and Dionysodorus.
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D.
Socratic dialogues of Plato
The Socratic dialogues of Plato are a series of philosophical texts in which Socrates engages interlocutors through probing questions to explore ethics, knowledge, justice, and the nature of reality.
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E.
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates is a Socratic dialogue in which the historian Xenophon presents an alternative account of Socrates' defense speech and character at his trial, distinct from Plato's more famous version.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| containsDoctrine |
account of not-being as difference
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doctrine of the five great kinds ⓘ method of collection and division ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
being as power or capacity
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dialectic ⓘ false statement ⓘ great kinds ⓘ image and appearance ⓘ koinonia of forms ⓘ logos ⓘ philosophy ⓘ sophistry ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eleatic Stranger
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Socrates ⓘ Theaetetus ⓘ Theodorus of Cyrene ⓘ Young Socrates ⓘ |
| genre | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 4th century BCE Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
analytic metaphysics
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ancient metaphysics ⓘ medieval theories of being and non-being ⓘ modern philosophy of language ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | Statesman ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | Theaetetus ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
being
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definition by division ⓘ nature of the sophist ⓘ non-being ⓘ philosophical method ⓘ possibility of falsehood ⓘ problem of not-being ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | conversation following Theaetetus ⓘ |
| periodInPlatoCorpus | late dialogue ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue |
criteria for distinguishing philosopher and sophist
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problem of falsehood ⓘ relation between language and reality ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Platonism ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Athens ⓘ |
| traditionallyGroupedWith |
Parmenides
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Philebus ⓘ Statesman ⓘ Theaetetus ⓘ |
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Plato's Sophist