Middle dialogues of Plato

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group of philosophical works period in Plato's writings phase of Platonic philosophy

The Middle dialogues of Plato are a group of his philosophical works, including texts like the Phaedo, in which he develops mature theories such as the Theory of Forms and the immortality of the soul through rich dramatic dialogues.

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Label Occurrences
Middle Plato 2
Middle dialogues of Plato canonical 2
Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of philosophical works ⓘ
period in Plato's writings ⓘ
phase of Platonic philosophy ⓘ
approximateDate 4th century BCE ⓘ
centralTheme ethics and virtue ⓘ
love and beauty ⓘ
nature of knowledge ⓘ
nature of reality ⓘ
nature of the soul ⓘ
political justice ⓘ
creator Plato ⓘ
developsConcept the Good (Form of the Good) ⓘ
surface form: Form of the Good

Platonic love ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
surface form: Theory of Forms

dialectic ⓘ
ideal city-state ⓘ
immaterial soul ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
metaphysical dualism ⓘ
philosopher-king ⓘ
recollection theory of knowledge ⓘ
teleological explanation ⓘ
tripartite soul ⓘ
followedBy Late dialogues of Plato ⓘ
follows Early dialogues of Plato ⓘ
hasPart Cratylus ⓘ
Euthydemus ⓘ
Gorgias ⓘ
Meno ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Phaedo ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
Republic ⓘ
Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form: Symposium

Theaetetus ⓘ
influenced Christian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Western epistemology ⓘ
Western metaphysics ⓘ
Western political philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm dramatic dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter Socrates ⓘ
partOf Middle dialogues of Plato self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Platonic dialogues
philosophicalPeriod Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
scholarlyClassificationBy modern Platonic scholarship ⓘ

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Phaedo → period → Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ
Phaedo of Elis → influencedWork → Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo"
Phaedo of Elis → portrayedIn → Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo"
Middle dialogues of Plato → partOf → Middle dialogues of Plato self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic dialogues
late Plato → follows → Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Late Plato
this entity surface form: Middle Plato
late Plato → contrastedWith → Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Late Plato
this entity surface form: Middle Plato
Θεαίτητος → traditionalPlacementInCorpus → Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: middle dialogues of Plato
Late dialogues of Plato → follows → Middle dialogues of Plato ⓘ