Plato's "Phaedrus"
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Plato's "Phaedrus" is a philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love, rhetoric, the soul, and self-knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and Phaedrus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phaedrus (dialogue) | 1 |
| Plato's "Phaedrus" canonical | 1 |
| Plato's Phaedrus | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's "Phaedrus" Context triple: [Delphic maxim "know thyself", mentionedInWork, Plato's "Phaedrus"]
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Plato's dialogue Ion
Plato's dialogue Ion is a short Socratic work in which Socrates questions the rhapsode Ion about the nature of poetic inspiration and whether it stems from divine possession or genuine knowledge.
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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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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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D.
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 "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.
- 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 "Phaedrus" Target entity description: Plato's "Phaedrus" is a philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love, rhetoric, the soul, and self-knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and Phaedrus.
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A.
Plato's dialogue Ion
Plato's dialogue Ion is a short Socratic work in which Socrates questions the rhapsode Ion about the nature of poetic inspiration and whether it stems from divine possession or genuine knowledge.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| addressesRelation |
lover and beloved
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philosophy and rhetoric ⓘ soul and body ⓘ |
| author | Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major dialogue of Plato ⓘ |
| containsMyth |
charioteer myth of the soul
ⓘ
myth of the cicadas ⓘ |
| criticizes | sophistic rhetoric ⓘ |
| criticizesPractice | writing as inferior to living speech ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| dialoguePartnerOfSocrates | Phaedrus (Athenian aristocrat) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
divine madness
ⓘ
reincarnation of the soul ⓘ tripartite soul ⓘ |
| discussesMethod |
collection and division (diairesis)
ⓘ
dialectic ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Phaedrus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPartTopic | erotic love and speeches on love ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| includesSpeechBy |
Lysias (reported speech)
NERFINISHED
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Socrates (first speech on love) NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates (palinode on love) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian Platonism
NERFINISHED
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Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient rhetoric theory ⓘ modern philosophy of language ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
love
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rhetoric ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ the soul ⓘ |
| partOfCorpus | Platonic corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
critique of writing
ⓘ
dialectic as true rhetoric ⓘ relationship between speech and truth ⓘ |
| philosophicalPeriod | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| praises | philosophical rhetoric ⓘ |
| secondPartTopic | rhetoric and the art of speaking ⓘ |
| settingFeature | Ilissus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | outside the walls of Athens ⓘ |
| settingTimeOfDay | midday ⓘ |
| structure | two-part composition ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete text in manuscript tradition ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Plato's Phaedrus
this entity surface form:
Phaedrus (dialogue)