Charmides

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Platonic dialogue Socratic dialogue

Charmides is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of temperance or self-control through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Charmides canonical	17
Charmides (the youth)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Platonic dialogue ⓘ Socratic dialogue ⓘ
addressesVirtue	cardinal virtue of temperance ⓘ
author	Plato ⓘ
belongsToPhilosophicalSchool	Platonism ⓘ
centralQuestion	What is self-control? ⓘ What is temperance? ⓘ
conclusionStyle	aporetic ending ⓘ
culturalContext	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
dialogueType	ethical dialogue ⓘ
exploresConcept	definition of temperance ⓘ knowledge of oneself ⓘ moral virtue ⓘ relation between knowledge and virtue ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Charmides self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Charmides (the youth) Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides) ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
featuresTheme	education of the young ⓘ political implications of virtue ⓘ relationship between older and younger generations ⓘ
genre	philosophical literature ⓘ
hasDialoguePartnerOfSocrates	Charmides self-link ⓘ Critias ⓘ
hasProtagonistAgeGroup	youth ⓘ
hasTitleInGreek	Χαρμίδης ⓘ
influencedTradition	ancient ethics ⓘ later discussions of self-knowledge ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter	Charmides self-link ⓘ Critias ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
originalMedium	manuscript ⓘ
philosophicalMethod	Socratic questioning ⓘ elenchus ⓘ
philosophicalTheme	self-control ⓘ sophrosyne ⓘ temperance ⓘ
questionsView	temperance as doing one’s own business ⓘ temperance as modesty ⓘ temperance as quietness ⓘ temperance as self-knowledge ⓘ
relatedConcept	Delphic maxim "know thyself" ⓘ
settingLocation	Athens ⓘ
settingPeriod	early 5th century BCE ⓘ
traditionallyClassifiedAs	early dialogue of Plato ⓘ
workIn	Platonic corpus ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Plato → notableWork → Charmides ⓘ

Laches → relatedWork → Charmides ⓘ

Charmides → mainCharacter → Charmides self-link ⓘ

Charmides → featuresCharacter → Charmides self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charmides (the youth)

Charmides → hasDialoguePartnerOfSocrates → Charmides self-link ⓘ

Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Charmides ⓘ

Xenophon’s Symposium → featuresCharacter → Charmides ⓘ

School of Socrates → hasMember → Charmides ⓘ

Platonic corpus → containsWork → Charmides ⓘ

Plato's Charmides → mainCharacter → Charmides ⓘ

Plato's Charmides → dialoguePartnerOfSocrates → Charmides ⓘ

Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Charmides ⓘ

Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides) → relative → Charmides ⓘ

subject surface form: Critias

Χαρμίδης → titleInEnglish → Charmides ⓘ

Χαρμίδης → mainCharacter → Charmides ⓘ

Χαρμίδης → hasLatinTitle → Charmides ⓘ

writings of Plato → containsWork → Charmides ⓘ

Callias → dialogueParticipantsHeHosts → Charmides ⓘ