Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"
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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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Plato's "Protagoras" | 2 |
| Plato's Protagoras | 1 |
| Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" canonical | 1 |
| Plato's dialogue Protagoras | 1 |
| Plato’s Protagoras (different but similarly named Callias) | 1 |
| Plato’s dialogue Protagoras | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" Context triple: [Protagoras, subjectOf, Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"]
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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 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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Socratic dialogues of Plato
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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Middle dialogues of Plato
The Middle dialogues of Plato are a group of his philosophical works, including texts like the Phaedo, in which he develops mature theories such as the Theory of Forms and the immortality of the soul through rich dramatic dialogues.
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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 dialogue "Protagoras" Target entity description: 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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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 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.
Socratic dialogues of Plato
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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D.
Middle dialogues of Plato
The Middle dialogues of Plato are a group of his philosophical works, including texts like the Phaedo, in which he develops mature theories such as the Theory of Forms and the immortality of the soul through rich dramatic dialogues.
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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 (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Socratic dialogue
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| belongsToCorpus |
Dialogues of Plato
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surface form:
Platonic dialogues
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| centralQuestion |
Is knowledge sufficient for right action?
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Is virtue one or many? ⓘ Is virtue teachable? ⓘ |
| containsArgument |
argument for the unity of the virtues
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argument that courage is a kind of knowledge ⓘ argument that no one willingly does wrong ⓘ |
| containsMyth | Prometheus myth about the origins of civic virtue ⓘ |
| containsPoeticInterpretation | discussion of a poem by Simonides ⓘ |
| dialogueType | early Platonic dialogue ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
difference between true and apparent goods
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measurement of pleasures and pains ⓘ role of pleasure in the good life ⓘ teachability of political virtue ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alcibiades
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Callias ⓘ Hippias of Elis ⓘ Hippocrates ⓘ Prodicus ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | sophists ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
hedonism and pleasure
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nature of virtue ⓘ relationship between knowledge and moral action ⓘ role of sophists in education ⓘ teachability of virtue ⓘ unity of the virtues ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narration by Socrates ⓘ |
| periodWritten | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
Socratic method
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surface form:
elenchus (Socratic cross-examination)
long speech (epideixis) by Protagoras ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionExplored |
hedonistic calculus of pleasure and pain
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intellectualism about virtue ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| portrays | Protagoras as a leading sophist ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gorgias
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Meno ⓘ Republic ⓘ |
| setInCity | Athens ⓘ |
| settingLocation | house of Callias in Athens ⓘ |
| traditionallyClassifiedAs | dialogue on virtue and education ⓘ |
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Plato's dialogue Protagoras
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Plato's "Protagoras"
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Plato’s dialogue Protagoras
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Plato's Protagoras
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Plato’s Protagoras (different but similarly named Callias)
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Plato's "Protagoras"