Socratic dialogues of Plato

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ancient Greek literature dialogue form literature philosophical work collection

The Socratic dialogues of Plato are a series of philosophical texts in which Socrates engages interlocutors through probing questions to explore ethics, knowledge, justice, and the nature of reality.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Platonic dialogues 5
Plato’s dialogues 2
Plato's Protagoras 1

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek literature ⓘ
dialogue form literature ⓘ
philosophical work collection ⓘ
aim clarification of concepts ⓘ
moral improvement of interlocutors ⓘ
pursuit of truth ⓘ
creator Plato ⓘ
culturalContext Classical Athens ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adeimantus ⓘ
Alcibiades ⓘ
Crito ⓘ
Euthyphro ⓘ
Glaucon ⓘ
Gorgias ⓘ
Meno ⓘ
Phaedo ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Thrasymachus ⓘ
historicalBasis life of Socrates ⓘ
includesWork Apology ⓘ
Charmides ⓘ
Clitophon ⓘ
Cratylus ⓘ
Critias ⓘ
Crito ⓘ
Euthydemus ⓘ
Euthyphro ⓘ
Gorgias ⓘ
Hippias Major ⓘ
Hippias Minor ⓘ
Ion ⓘ
Laches ⓘ
Lysis ⓘ
Menexenus (son) ⓘ
surface form: Menexenus

Meno ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Phaedo ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
Philebus ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
Republic ⓘ
Sophists ⓘ
surface form: Sophist

Statesman ⓘ
Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form: Symposium

Theaetetus ⓘ
Timaeus ⓘ
influenced Christian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
educational theory ⓘ
modern ethics ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm philosophical dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter Socrates ⓘ
methodCharacteristic examination of assumptions ⓘ
refutation of interlocutors ⓘ
search for definitions ⓘ
use of probing questions ⓘ
narrativePerspective dramatic dialogue ⓘ
philosophicalApproach dialectic ⓘ
elenchus ⓘ
philosophicalPosition care of the soul is paramount ⓘ
intellectualism about virtue ⓘ
virtue is knowledge ⓘ
preservationMedium manuscript tradition ⓘ
primaryTheme epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
justice ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
piety ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
the good life ⓘ
the nature of knowledge ⓘ
the nature of reality ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
setting Athens ⓘ
studiedIn classics curricula ⓘ
philosophy curricula ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
usesMethod Socratic method ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Menexenus (son) → associatedWith → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socratic tradition
Hippias Major → corpus → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
Phaenarete (mother) → describedIn → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
subject surface form: Phaenarete
this entity surface form: Plato’s dialogues
Phaenarete → describedIn → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's dialogues
School of Socrates → describedIn → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic dialogues
Pausanias → inUniverse → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic dialogues
La Mort de Socrate → inspiredBy → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
Memorabilia → literaryTradition → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socratic dialogues
Gorgias → mentionedIn → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's dialogue Gorgias
Parmenides → mentionedIn → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's dialogue "Theaetetus"
Xanthippe → mentionedIn → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato’s dialogues
Apology → partOf → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic dialogues
Euthyphro → partOf → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic dialogues
Κρίτων → partOf → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platonic dialogues
Alcibiades → portrayedIn → Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Protagoras