Socratic dialogues of Plato
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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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Socratic dialogues of Plato Context triple: [La Mort de Socrate, inspiredBy, Socratic dialogues of Plato]
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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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Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates is a Socratic dialogue in which the historian Xenophon presents an alternative account of Socrates' defense speech and character at his trial, distinct from Plato's more famous version.
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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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Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
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La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
- 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: Socratic dialogues of Plato Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates is a Socratic dialogue in which the historian Xenophon presents an alternative account of Socrates' defense speech and character at his trial, distinct from Plato's more famous version.
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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.
Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
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E.
La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek literature
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dialogue form literature ⓘ philosophical work collection ⓘ |
| aim |
clarification of concepts
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moral improvement of interlocutors ⓘ pursuit of truth ⓘ |
| creator | Plato ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Adeimantus
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Alcibiades ⓘ Crito ⓘ Euthyphro ⓘ Glaucon ⓘ Gorgias ⓘ Meno ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Thrasymachus ⓘ |
| historicalBasis | life of Socrates ⓘ |
| includesWork |
Apology
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Charmides ⓘ Clitophon ⓘ Cratylus ⓘ Critias ⓘ Crito ⓘ Euthydemus ⓘ Euthyphro ⓘ Gorgias ⓘ Hippias Major ⓘ Hippias Minor ⓘ Ion ⓘ Laches ⓘ Lysis ⓘ Menexenus (son) ⓘ
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Menexenus
Meno ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ Phaedrus ⓘ Philebus ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Republic ⓘ Sophists ⓘ
surface form:
Sophist
Statesman ⓘ Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form:
Symposium
Theaetetus ⓘ Timaeus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian philosophy
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ educational theory ⓘ modern ethics ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Socrates ⓘ |
| methodCharacteristic |
examination of assumptions
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refutation of interlocutors ⓘ search for definitions ⓘ use of probing questions ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
dialectic
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elenchus ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
care of the soul is paramount
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intellectualism about virtue ⓘ virtue is knowledge ⓘ |
| preservationMedium | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ justice ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ piety ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ the good life ⓘ the nature of knowledge ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| setting | Athens ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classics curricula
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philosophy curricula ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| usesMethod | Socratic method ⓘ |
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