Ἱππίας μείζων

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Ἱππίας μείζων is the Greek title of Plato’s dialogue "Hippias Major," which explores the nature of beauty through a conversation between Socrates and the sophist Hippias.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue
ancient Greek dialogue
philosophical work
asksAbout single Form of the beautiful
author Plato
centralQuestion What is beauty?
What is the beautiful?
conclusionType aporia
dialogueForm question-and-answer
dialogueParticipants Hippias Major
surface form: Hippias

Socrates
examines relation between beauty and goodness
relation between beauty and utility
featuresCharacter Hippias Major
surface form: Hippias

Socrates
featuresPhilosophicalMethod Socratic method
surface form: Socratic questioning

elenchus
focusesOnConcept καλόν (the beautiful)
genre Socratic dialogue
historicalContext 4th century BCE Greek philosophy (traditional dating)
includesCharacter Hippias of Elis
includesCharacterType sophist
influencedField aesthetics in Western philosophy
language Ancient Greek
mainCharacter Hippias of Elis
Socrates
partOf Platonic corpus
period Classical Greek philosophy
philosophicalDomain aesthetics
ethics
philosophicalIssue definition of universal properties
philosophicalTheme beauty
definition of beauty
nature of the beautiful
questions whether beauty is pleasure
whether beauty is usefulness
whether beauty is what is fitting
relatedWork Hippias Minor
Ἱππίας μείζων self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ἱππίας ἐλάττων
setting Athens
structure aporetic dialogue
titleInEnglish Hippias Major
titleInGreek Ἱππίας μείζων self-link
titleInLatin Hippias Major
surface form: Hippias Maior
tradition Ancient Greek philosophy
traditionallyAttributedTo Plato
workType prose

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Hippias Major hasTitleInGreek Ἱππίας μείζων
Eudicus originalWorkTitleInGreek Ἱππίας μείζων
Ἱππίας μείζων titleInGreek Ἱππίας μείζων self-link
Ἱππίας μείζων relatedWork Ἱππίας μείζων self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ἱππίας ἐλάττων