Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story)
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Plato's dialogue "Timaeus" is a philosophical work in which characters such as Critias recount the legendary story of Atlantis within a broader cosmological and metaphysical discussion.
All labels observed (1)
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| Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8510757 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story) Context triple: [Critias, portrayedIn, Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story)]
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A.
Plato's dialogue "Sophist"
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" is a late philosophical work in which an Eleatic Stranger leads a rigorous inquiry into the nature of the sophist, being and non-being, and the possibility of falsehood.
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Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"
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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C.
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" is a late, highly abstract philosophical work in which a young Socrates engages with the Eleatic philosopher Parmenides on the problems of Forms, unity, and being.
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D.
Plato's Theaetetus
Plato's Theaetetus is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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E.
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus is a late antique Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive exegesis of Plato’s cosmological dialogue, the Timaeus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story) Target entity description: Plato's dialogue "Timaeus" is a philosophical work in which characters such as Critias recount the legendary story of Atlantis within a broader cosmological and metaphysical discussion.
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A.
Plato's dialogue "Sophist"
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" is a late philosophical work in which an Eleatic Stranger leads a rigorous inquiry into the nature of the sophist, being and non-being, and the possibility of falsehood.
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B.
Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"
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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C.
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" is a late, highly abstract philosophical work in which a young Socrates engages with the Eleatic philosopher Parmenides on the problems of Forms, unity, and being.
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D.
Plato's Theaetetus
Plato's Theaetetus is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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E.
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Commentary on Plato's Timaeus is a late antique Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive exegesis of Plato’s cosmological dialogue, the Timaeus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue character
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fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Timaeus (dialogue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pythagorean philosophy ⓘ |
| conversesWith |
Critias (character)
NERFINISHED
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Hermocrates (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| dialogueSetting | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discussesTopic |
Demiurge
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World Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmology ⓘ creation of the universe ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| genreContext | Platonic cosmological myth ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic philosophical traditions
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later Platonist cosmology ⓘ medieval cosmology through the dialogue Timaeus ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | vehicle for Plato’s cosmological doctrines ⓘ |
| name | Timaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRelationToAtlantis | present at recounting of Atlantis story ⓘ |
| narrativeRoleRelativeToAtlantis | secondary to Critias as narrator of Atlantis ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | fictionalized representation of a Pythagorean thinker ⓘ |
| origin | Locri in Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFunction |
expounder of a mathematical-cosmological model
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interpreter of divine craftsmanship in the cosmos ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
human soul and body
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nature of time ⓘ relationship between intelligible and sensible realms ⓘ structure of the physical elements ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Critias (dialogue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
cosmological expositor
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principal speaker ⓘ |
| textualPosition | speaker of the central monologue in the dialogue ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | classical Athens ⓘ |
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Subject: Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story) Description of subject: Plato's dialogue "Timaeus" is a philosophical work in which characters such as Critias recount the legendary story of Atlantis within a broader cosmological and metaphysical discussion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides)
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portrayedIn
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Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story)
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subject surface form:
Critias