Plato's Charmides
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Plato's "Charmides" is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of temperance (sophrosyne) through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides, with characters like Critobulus appearing in the discussion.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Plato's "Charmides" | 1 |
| Plato's Charmides canonical | 1 |
| Plato's dialogue Charmides | 1 |
| Plato's dialogues | 1 |
| Plato’s dialogue Charmides | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's Charmides Context triple: [Critobulus, mentionedIn, Plato's Charmides]
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A.
Philebus
Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
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B.
Hippias Major
Hippias Major is a Platonic dialogue in which Socrates and the sophist Hippias attempt, and repeatedly fail, to define the nature of beauty.
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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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D.
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.
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E.
Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
- 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 Charmides Target entity description: Plato's "Charmides" is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of temperance (sophrosyne) through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides, with characters like Critobulus appearing in the discussion.
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A.
Philebus
Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
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B.
Hippias Major
Hippias Major is a Platonic dialogue in which Socrates and the sophist Hippias attempt, and repeatedly fail, to define the nature of beauty.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
ⓘ
Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| alsoClassifiedAs | transitional Platonic dialogue ⓘ |
| associatedVirtue | temperance ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
moderation
ⓘ
moral virtue ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | What is temperance? ⓘ |
| character |
Critias
ⓘ
Critobulus ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | elenchus ⓘ |
| dialoguePartnerOfSocrates |
Charmides
ⓘ
Critias ⓘ |
| explores |
definition of sophrosyne
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possibility of a science of sciences ⓘ relation between knowledge and virtue ⓘ |
| features |
Socratic questioning
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aporetic ending ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ethical inquiry
ⓘ
psychology of virtue ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical literature ⓘ |
| includes | dramatic frame narrative ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions of temperance in ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charmides
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Socrates ⓘ |
| narrator | Socrates ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Χαρμίδης ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Platonic corpus ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod | dialectic ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Platonism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
sophrosyne
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temperance ⓘ |
| questions |
whether a person can know what they do not know
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whether self-knowledge is possible ⓘ whether temperance is a kind of knowledge ⓘ |
| setting |
Athens
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Taureas' palaestra ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Platonic scholarship
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ancient ethics ⓘ classical philosophy ⓘ |
| timeOfSetting | shortly after the Battle of Potidaea ⓘ |
| traditionallyClassifiedAs | early Platonic dialogue ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plato's dialogues
subject surface form:
Critias
this entity surface form:
Plato's dialogue Charmides
this entity surface form:
Plato's "Charmides"