Χαρμίδης

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Χαρμίδης is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of temperance and self-knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Socratic dialogue
philosophical work
asksQuestion Can a definition of temperance be given?
Is self-knowledge possible?
What is temperance?
author Plato
dialogueForm dramatic dialogue
dialogueNumbering Stephanus pagination 153a–176d
explores limits of self-reflection
relationship between virtue and knowledge
features aporetic ending
elenchus
featuresCharacter Socrates as main questioner
young nobleman Charmides
focusesOn examination of the virtue sōphrosynē
question whether temperance is a kind of knowledge
genre philosophical dialogue
hasForm dialogue between Socrates and Charmides
hasGreekTitle Χαρμίδης
hasLatinTitle Charmides
historicalContext Classical Athens
influenced later discussions of temperance in philosophy
language Ancient Greek
mainCharacter Charmides
Critias
Socrates
partOf Platonic corpus
philosophicalSchool Platonism
philosophicalTheme definition of virtue
epistemology
moral psychology
self-knowledge
temperance
preservedIn manuscript tradition of Platonic dialogues
relatedConcept knowledge of knowledge
sōphrosynē
relatedWork Εὐθύδημος
Λάχης
Protagoras
surface form: Πρωταγόρας
setting Athenian palaestra
Athens
timeOfSetting early years of the Peloponnesian War
titleInEnglish Charmides
traditionallyClassifiedAs early Platonic dialogue

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Charmides hasTitleInGreek Χαρμίδης
Plato's Charmides originalTitle Χαρμίδης
Λάμψακος hasNotableCitizen Χαρμίδης
this entity surface form: Χαρμίδης ο Λαμψακηνός (πολιτικός)