Socrates' Thinkery

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fictional location fictional philosophical school setting in a play

Socrates' Thinkery is the fictional philosophical school and absurd intellectual workshop depicted in Aristophanes' comedy "The Clouds," where Socrates leads comically exaggerated sophistic and scientific inquiries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Socrates in The Clouds 1
the Thinkery (Socrates’ school in The Clouds) 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
fictional philosophical school ⓘ
setting in a play ⓘ
associatedWith Presocratic natural philosophy ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
scientific speculation ⓘ
sophistry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Classical Greece ⓘ
creator Aristophanes ⓘ
depictedIn Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
surface form: The Clouds
depictionStyle absurd ⓘ
comic exaggeration ⓘ
firstAppearance Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
surface form: The Clouds
functionInPlot place where Strepsiades seeks education in argument ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasBuildingType intellectual workshop ⓘ
schoolhouse ⓘ
hasLeader Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Socrates (character)
hasNotableStudent Pheidippides ⓘ
Strepsiades ⓘ
hasTheme abuse of rhetoric ⓘ
conflict between old and new education ⓘ
questioning traditional morality ⓘ
hasTitleInGreek φροντιστήριον (phrontistērion) ⓘ
influencesPerceptionOf historical Socrates ⓘ
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedInFictionalWork Athens ⓘ
medium ancient Greek comedy ⓘ
portrayedAs place where conventional piety is mocked ⓘ
place where students study clouds and natural phenomena ⓘ
portrays Socrates as head of a sophistic school ⓘ
portraysAsPracticed argument from the Better Cause ⓘ
argument from the Worse Cause ⓘ
relatedWork Clouds (play) ⓘ
roleInReception source of comic stereotype of Socrates as Sophist ⓘ
satirizes Sophists ⓘ
natural philosophers ⓘ
new education in 5th-century BCE Athens ⓘ
timeOfFictionalSetting late 5th century BCE ⓘ
usedFor parodying intellectual fashions in Athens ⓘ
teaching how to win arguments ⓘ
workTypeContext Old Comedy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Pheidippides → associatedWith → Socrates' Thinkery ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Thinkery (Socrates’ school in The Clouds)
Aristophanes' play Clouds → dramaticSetting → Socrates' Thinkery ⓘ
subject surface form: Clouds
Aristophanes → portrayed → Socrates' Thinkery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socrates in The Clouds