Politikos

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Platonic dialogue Socratic dialogue ancient Greek philosophical dialogue

Politikos is an ancient Greek philosophical dialogue, traditionally attributed to Plato, that explores the nature, qualities, and proper role of the true statesman and political rule.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Politicus	2
Politikos canonical	1
Πολιτεία	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Platonic dialogue ⓘ Socratic dialogue ⓘ ancient Greek philosophical dialogue ⓘ
alternativeName	Statesman ⓘ surface form: The Statesman
author	Plato ⓘ
discussesConcept	law versus discretion ⓘ mixture of different social classes ⓘ political science (epistēmē politikē) ⓘ rule by knowledge ⓘ true statesman ⓘ weaving metaphor for statesmanship ⓘ
examines	difference between king, tyrant, and statesman ⓘ ideal versus practical governance ⓘ limitations of written law ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Eleatic Stranger ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Young Socrates ⓘ
focusesOn	criteria for legitimate political authority ⓘ qualities of the true ruler ⓘ relationship between knowledge and power ⓘ
genre	philosophical dialogue ⓘ
influenced	Neoplatonist commentators ⓘ later political philosophy ⓘ medieval political theory ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme	definition of the true statesman ⓘ distinction between genuine and false rulers ⓘ nature of statesmanship ⓘ political expertise ⓘ proper political rule ⓘ
partOf	Late dialogues of Plato ⓘ surface form: Plato's late dialogues
periodOfComposition	Plato's late period ⓘ
philosophicalTopic	epistemology of political knowledge ⓘ method of division ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ role of law ⓘ statesman as a kind of craftsman ⓘ
prequel	Sophist ⓘ
relatedWork	Philebus ⓘ Sophists ⓘ surface form: Sophist Theaetetus ⓘ
sequel	Philebus ⓘ
setting	Athens ⓘ
titleInEnglish	Statesman ⓘ
tradition	Platonic political thought ⓘ
traditionalAttribution	Plato ⓘ
usesMethod	dialectical division ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Statesman → originalTitle → Politikos ⓘ

Plato's Republic → originalTitle → Politikos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Πολιτεία

late Plato → includesDialogue → Politikos ⓘ

subject surface form: Late Plato

this entity surface form: Politicus

Late dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Politikos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Politicus