Charmides
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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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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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Socratic dialogue → |
| addressesVirtue |
cardinal virtue of temperance
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| author |
Plato
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| belongsToPhilosophicalSchool |
Platonism
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| centralQuestion |
What is self-control?
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What is temperance? → |
| conclusionStyle |
aporetic ending
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| culturalContext |
Classical Greek philosophy
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| dialogueType |
ethical dialogue
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| exploresConcept |
definition of temperance
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knowledge of oneself → moral virtue → relation between knowledge and virtue → |
| featuresCharacter |
Charmides (the youth)
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Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides) → Socrates → |
| featuresTheme |
education of the young
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political implications of virtue → relationship between older and younger generations → |
| genre |
philosophical literature
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| hasDialoguePartnerOfSocrates |
Charmides
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Critias → |
| hasProtagonistAgeGroup |
youth
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| hasTitleInGreek |
Χαρμίδης
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| influencedTradition |
ancient ethics
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later discussions of self-knowledge → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| literaryForm |
dialogue
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| mainCharacter |
Charmides
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Critias → Socrates → |
| originalMedium |
manuscript
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| philosophicalMethod |
Socratic questioning
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elenchus → |
| philosophicalTheme |
self-control
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sophrosyne → temperance → |
| questionsView |
temperance as doing one’s own business
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temperance as modesty → temperance as quietness → temperance as self-knowledge → |
| relatedConcept |
Delphic maxim "know thyself"
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| settingLocation |
Athens
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| settingPeriod |
early 5th century BCE
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| traditionallyClassifiedAs |
early dialogue of Plato
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| workIn |
Platonic corpus
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Charmides
("Charmides (the youth)")
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Xenophon’s Symposium → |
featuresCharacter |
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Charmides
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hasDialoguePartnerOfSocrates |
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School of Socrates
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hasMember |
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Socratic dialogues of Plato
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includesWork |
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Charmides
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mainCharacter |
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Plato
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notableWork |
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Laches
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relatedWork |