Ἱππίας μείζων
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Ἱππίας μείζων is the Greek title of Plato’s dialogue "Hippias Major," which explores the nature of beauty through a conversation between Socrates and the sophist Hippias.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ἱππίας μείζων canonical | 3 |
| Ἱππίας ἐλάττων | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
ⓘ
ancient Greek dialogue ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| asksAbout | single Form of the beautiful ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| centralQuestion |
What is beauty?
ⓘ
What is the beautiful? ⓘ |
| conclusionType | aporia ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | question-and-answer ⓘ |
| dialogueParticipants |
Hippias Major
ⓘ
surface form:
Hippias
Socrates ⓘ |
| examines |
relation between beauty and goodness
ⓘ
relation between beauty and utility ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Hippias Major
ⓘ
surface form:
Hippias
Socrates ⓘ |
| featuresPhilosophicalMethod |
Socratic method
ⓘ
surface form:
Socratic questioning
elenchus ⓘ |
| focusesOnConcept | καλόν (the beautiful) ⓘ |
| genre | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 4th century BCE Greek philosophy (traditional dating) ⓘ |
| includesCharacter | Hippias of Elis ⓘ |
| includesCharacterType | sophist ⓘ |
| influencedField | aesthetics in Western philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hippias of Elis
ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ |
| partOf | Platonic corpus ⓘ |
| period | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalDomain |
aesthetics
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue | definition of universal properties ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
beauty
ⓘ
definition of beauty ⓘ nature of the beautiful ⓘ |
| questions |
whether beauty is pleasure
ⓘ
whether beauty is usefulness ⓘ whether beauty is what is fitting ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hippias Minor
ⓘ
Ἱππίας μείζων self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ἱππίας ἐλάττων
|
| setting | Athens ⓘ |
| structure | aporetic dialogue ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Hippias Major ⓘ |
| titleInGreek | Ἱππίας μείζων self-link ⓘ |
| titleInLatin |
Hippias Major
ⓘ
surface form:
Hippias Maior
|
| tradition | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Plato ⓘ |
| workType | prose ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Ἱππίας ἐλάττων