Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"

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Socratic dialogue philosophical work

Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" is a Socratic conversation that explores the nature of virtue, whether it can be taught, and the relationship between knowledge and moral action.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Socratic dialogue ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
belongsToCorpus Dialogues of Plato ⓘ
surface form: Platonic dialogues
centralQuestion Is knowledge sufficient for right action? ⓘ
Is virtue one or many? ⓘ
Is virtue teachable? ⓘ
containsArgument argument for the unity of the virtues ⓘ
argument that courage is a kind of knowledge ⓘ
argument that no one willingly does wrong ⓘ
containsMyth Prometheus myth about the origins of civic virtue ⓘ
containsPoeticInterpretation discussion of a poem by Simonides ⓘ
dialogueType early Platonic dialogue ⓘ
exploresConcept difference between true and apparent goods ⓘ
measurement of pleasures and pains ⓘ
role of pleasure in the good life ⓘ
teachability of political virtue ⓘ
featuresCharacter Alcibiades ⓘ
Callias ⓘ
Hippias of Elis ⓘ
Hippocrates ⓘ
Prodicus ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
featuresGroup sophists ⓘ
genre philosophical dialogue ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme hedonism and pleasure ⓘ
nature of virtue ⓘ
relationship between knowledge and moral action ⓘ
role of sophists in education ⓘ
teachability of virtue ⓘ
unity of the virtues ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narration by Socrates ⓘ
periodWritten 4th century BCE ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
moral psychology ⓘ
philosophicalMethod Socratic method ⓘ
surface form: elenchus (Socratic cross-examination)

long speech (epideixis) by Protagoras ⓘ
philosophicalPositionExplored hedonistic calculus of pleasure and pain ⓘ
intellectualism about virtue ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
portrays Protagoras as a leading sophist ⓘ
relatedWork Gorgias ⓘ
Meno ⓘ
Republic ⓘ
setInCity Athens ⓘ
settingLocation house of Callias in Athens ⓘ
traditionallyClassifiedAs dialogue on virtue and education ⓘ

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

Protagoras → subjectOf → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides) → portrayedIn → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
subject surface form: Critias
this entity surface form: Plato's dialogue Protagoras
Delphic maxim "know thyself" → mentionedInWork → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's "Protagoras"
Critias → appearsIn → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato’s dialogue Protagoras
Plato's Meno → relatedWork → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Protagoras
Callias → relatedWork → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato’s Protagoras (different but similarly named Callias)
Prodicus → mentionedIn → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's "Protagoras"