Phaedrus
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Phaedrus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that explores themes of love, rhetoric, and the soul through a conversation between Socrates and the young Athenian Phaedrus.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phaedrus canonical | 25 |
| I. Phaedrus; Pausanias | 1 |
| Phaedrus (Plato) | 1 |
| Phaedrus (as another Platonic dialogue on love) | 1 |
| Phaedrus (character) | 1 |
| Plato's Phaedrus | 1 |
| Plato's dialogue Phaedrus | 1 |
| Φαῖδρος (Phaedrus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T281245 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phaedrus Context triple: [Plato, notableWork, Phaedrus]
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A.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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B.
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Platonic dialogue that presents a cosmological account of the universe’s creation, structure, and order through the speech of the character Timaeus.
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C.
Crito
Crito is an ancient Athenian friend and devoted follower of Socrates, best known from Plato’s dialogues for urging Socrates to escape his death sentence.
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D.
La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
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E.
Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phaedrus Target entity description: Phaedrus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that explores themes of love, rhetoric, and the soul through a conversation between Socrates and the young Athenian Phaedrus.
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A.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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B.
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Platonic dialogue that presents a cosmological account of the universe’s creation, structure, and order through the speech of the character Timaeus.
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C.
Crito
Crito is an ancient Athenian friend and devoted follower of Socrates, best known from Plato’s dialogues for urging Socrates to escape his death sentence.
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D.
La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
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E.
Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| centralQuestion |
what is the nature of love
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what is the nature of the soul ⓘ what is true rhetoric ⓘ |
| containsMyth |
charioteer myth of the soul
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myth of Theuth and Thamus ⓘ myth of the cicadas ⓘ |
| containsSection |
critique of writing
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discussion of rhetoric ⓘ speeches on love ⓘ |
| criticizes |
sophistic rhetoric
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writing as inferior to speech ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| dialogueNumberingSystem | Stephanus pagination ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
dialectic
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forms ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ philosophical love ⓘ recollection ⓘ true rhetoric ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Phaedrus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Phaedrus (character)
Socrates ⓘ |
| hasForm | dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| hasGenre | philosophical literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian philosophy
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Neoplatonism ⓘ later rhetorical theory ⓘ modern literary theory ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
divine madness
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eros ⓘ love ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ the soul ⓘ writing and speech ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Platonism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Gorgias
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Republic ⓘ Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form:
Symposium
|
| settingLocation |
near the Ilissus River
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outside the walls of Athens ⓘ |
| structure | two-part composition ⓘ |
| traditionallyClassifiedAs | middle dialogue of Plato ⓘ |
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Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plato's Phaedrus
subject surface form:
Ion (dialogue)
this entity surface form:
Phaedrus (character)
this entity surface form:
I. Phaedrus; Pausanias
this entity surface form:
Φαῖδρος (Phaedrus)
subject surface form:
Form of Beauty
this entity surface form:
Plato's dialogue Phaedrus
this entity surface form:
Phaedrus (as another Platonic dialogue on love)
subject surface form:
House of Agathon in Athens
subject surface form:
House of Agathon in Athens
subject surface form:
Menexenus
this entity surface form:
Phaedrus (Plato)