Late dialogues of Plato

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group of philosophical works period in Plato's writings

The Late dialogues of Plato are a group of his final philosophical works, marked by more complex, technical treatments of metaphysics, logic, and method than his earlier writings.

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Label Occurrences
Late dialogues of Plato canonical 1
Plato's dialogue Statesman 1
Plato's late dialogues 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of philosophical works ⓘ
period in Plato's writings ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
characteristic critical re‑examination of the theory of Forms ⓘ
frequent use of long, continuous arguments ⓘ
greater use of rigorous argumentation ⓘ
increased role of Eleatic and Parmenidean themes ⓘ
interest in dialectical division (diairesis) ⓘ
interest in scientific explanation ⓘ
more complex style than earlier dialogues ⓘ
more impersonal and austere tone ⓘ
reduced use of myth and literary drama ⓘ
technical treatment of logic ⓘ
technical treatment of metaphysics ⓘ
technical treatment of philosophical method ⓘ
chronologicalPosition final phase of Plato's writing career ⓘ
follows Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ
includesWork Critias ⓘ
Laws ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Philebus ⓘ
Politikos ⓘ
surface form: Politicus

Sophists ⓘ
surface form: Sophist

Statesman ⓘ
Theaetetus ⓘ
Timaeus ⓘ
possibly Epinomis ⓘ
influenced Aristotle's writings ⓘ
surface form: Aristotle's metaphysics

Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ
modern metaphysics ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
period 4th century BCE ⓘ
placeOfComposition Athens ⓘ
precedes no later Platonic dialogues ⓘ
scholarlyDebate exact ordering of the late dialogues is disputed ⓘ
membership of some dialogues in the late group is contested ⓘ
subjectMatter cosmology ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics and measurement ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
methodology ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ

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

Middle dialogues of Plato → followedBy → Late dialogues of Plato ⓘ
the Athenian Stranger → associatedWork → Late dialogues of Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Athenian Stranger
this entity surface form: Platonic late dialogues
Politikos → partOf → Late dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's late dialogues
Young Socrates → appearsIn → Late dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's dialogue Statesman