Middle dialogues of Plato
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Middle Plato | 2 |
| Middle dialogues of Plato canonical | 2 |
| Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" | 2 |
| Platonic dialogues | 1 |
| middle dialogues of Plato | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle dialogues of Plato Context triple: [Phaedo, period, Middle dialogues of Plato]
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A.
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Platonic dialogue that presents a cosmological account of the universe’s creation, structure, and order through the speech of the character Timaeus.
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B.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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Plato's Symposium
Plato's Symposium is a classical Greek philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love (eros) through a series of speeches at a drinking party, culminating in Socrates’ account of Diotima’s ladder of love.
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Philebus
Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
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E.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that explores themes of love, rhetoric, and the soul through a conversation between Socrates and the young Athenian Phaedrus.
- 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: Middle dialogues of Plato Target entity description: 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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A.
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Platonic dialogue that presents a cosmological account of the universe’s creation, structure, and order through the speech of the character Timaeus.
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B.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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C.
Plato's Symposium
Plato's Symposium is a classical Greek philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love (eros) through a series of speeches at a drinking party, culminating in Socrates’ account of Diotima’s ladder of love.
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D.
Philebus
Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
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E.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that explores themes of love, rhetoric, and the soul through a conversation between Socrates and the young Athenian Phaedrus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of philosophical works
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period in Plato's writings ⓘ phase of Platonic philosophy ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
ethics and virtue
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love and beauty ⓘ nature of knowledge ⓘ nature of reality ⓘ nature of the soul ⓘ political justice ⓘ |
| creator | Plato ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
the Good (Form of the Good)
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surface form:
Form of the Good
Platonic love ⓘ Platonism ⓘ
surface form:
Theory of Forms
dialectic ⓘ ideal city-state ⓘ immaterial soul ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ metaphysical dualism ⓘ philosopher-king ⓘ recollection theory of knowledge ⓘ teleological explanation ⓘ tripartite soul ⓘ |
| followedBy | Late dialogues of Plato ⓘ |
| follows | Early dialogues of Plato ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cratylus
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Euthydemus ⓘ Gorgias ⓘ Meno ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ Phaedrus ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Republic ⓘ Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form:
Symposium
Theaetetus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian philosophy
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ Western epistemology ⓘ Western metaphysics ⓘ Western political philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Socrates ⓘ |
| partOf |
Middle dialogues of Plato
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Platonic dialogues
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| philosophicalPeriod | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| scholarlyClassificationBy | modern Platonic scholarship ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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this entity surface form:
Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo"
this entity surface form:
Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo"
this entity surface form:
Platonic dialogues
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Late Plato
this entity surface form:
Middle Plato
subject surface form:
Late Plato
this entity surface form:
Middle Plato
this entity surface form:
middle dialogues of Plato