writings of Plato
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The writings of Plato are foundational philosophical dialogues that explore ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology, primarily through conversations featuring Socrates.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| works of Plato | 2 |
| Plato's dialogues | 1 |
| complete works of Plato | 1 |
| writings of Plato canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3280034 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: writings of Plato Context triple: [Socratic family, documentedIn, writings of Plato]
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Late dialogues of Plato
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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Socratic dialogues of Plato
The Socratic dialogues of Plato are a series of philosophical texts in which Socrates engages interlocutors through probing questions to explore ethics, knowledge, justice, and the nature of reality.
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Aristotle's writings
Aristotle's writings are the surviving corpus of works by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, foundational to Western philosophy and science and encompassing logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, biology, and more.
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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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Plato's Republic
Plato's Republic is a foundational philosophical dialogue in which Plato explores justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality through Socratic conversations.
- 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: writings of Plato Target entity description: The writings of Plato are foundational philosophical dialogues that explore ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology, primarily through conversations featuring Socrates.
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A.
Late dialogues of Plato
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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B.
Socratic dialogues of Plato
The Socratic dialogues of Plato are a series of philosophical texts in which Socrates engages interlocutors through probing questions to explore ethics, knowledge, justice, and the nature of reality.
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C.
Aristotle's writings
Aristotle's writings are the surviving corpus of works by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, foundational to Western philosophy and science and encompassing logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, biology, and more.
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D.
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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E.
Plato's Republic
Plato's Republic is a foundational philosophical dialogue in which Plato explores justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality through Socratic conversations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Plato's dialogues
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works of Plato
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works of Plato
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complete works of Plato