"Euthydemus" by Plato
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"Euthydemus" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue that satirically examines sophistry and the nature of philosophical argument through conversations between Socrates and the sophists Euthydemus and Dionysodorus.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Euthydemus | 49 | 0 |
| Plato's Euthydemus | 0 | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Socratic dialogue
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philosophical dialogue → work by Plato → |
| author | Plato → |
| contrasts | philosophy and sophistry → |
| criticizes |
eristic debate
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sophistic education → |
| dialogueForm | question-and-answer → |
| dialogueParticipants |
Cleinias
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Crito → Dionysodorus → Euthydemus → Socrates → |
| examines |
possibility of teaching virtue
→
relationship between wisdom and success → use of logic in argument → |
| featuresCharacter |
Dionysodorus
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Euthydemus → |
| focusesOn |
fallacious reasoning
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pedagogical methods → verbal trickery → |
| genre |
Socratic dialogue
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philosophical satire → |
| hasForm | prose → |
| includedIn | Middle dialogues of Plato (traditional classification) → |
| language | Ancient Greek → |
| literaryForm | dramatic dialogue → |
| mainCharacter | Socrates → |
| partOf | Platonic corpus → |
| philosophicalConcern |
aims of argumentation
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distinction between genuine and apparent knowledge → |
| philosophicalSchool | Platonism → |
| philosophicalTheme |
education
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eristic argument → knowledge → nature of philosophical argument → sophistry → virtue → |
| portrays |
Socratic method
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sophists → |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Gorgias
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Protagoras → Sophist → |
| setting |
Athens
→
Lyceum of Aristotle →
surface form:
Lyceum
|
| structure | frame narrative → |
| style |
ironic
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satirical → |
| timeOfComposition | 4th century BCE → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plato's Euthydemus