late Plato

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Late Plato refers to the final period of Plato’s philosophical work, characterized by more complex, often critical treatments of his earlier theories, especially in dialogues like the Laws.

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late Plato canonical 2
Late Plato 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf phase of Plato's thought ⓘ
philosophical period ⓘ
appliesTo Plato ⓘ
associatedWithTheme cosmology and creation of the universe ⓘ
critique of the Theory of Forms ⓘ
development of a more immanent conception of forms ⓘ
education and civic virtue ⓘ
method of division (diairesis) ⓘ
ontology of kinds and categories ⓘ
pleasure and the good ⓘ
political legislation and constitutional design ⓘ
problems of non‑being and falsehood ⓘ
relation between knowledge and perception ⓘ
the role of law in the ideal city ⓘ
characterizedBy critical re‑examination of earlier doctrines ⓘ
engagement with problems of definition and classification ⓘ
greater complexity of argument ⓘ
increased attention to methodological questions ⓘ
interest in laws and institutions ⓘ
more formal and technical style ⓘ
use of long, intricate arguments ⓘ
contrastedWith Early Plato ⓘ
Middle Plato ⓘ
critiques earlier, simple version of the Theory of Forms ⓘ
emphasizes mathematical and logical structure of reality ⓘ
practical legislation over utopian politics ⓘ
second‑best political regimes ⓘ
follows Early Plato ⓘ
Middle Plato ⓘ
includesDialogue Critias ⓘ
Laws ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
Philebus ⓘ
Politicus ⓘ
linked to: Politikos

Sophist ⓘ
linked to: Sophists

Statesman ⓘ
Theaetetus ⓘ
Timaeus ⓘ
influences Aristotle's critiques of Plato ⓘ
later Platonist traditions ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
periodInPlatoScholarship late dialogues period ⓘ
primarySource Laws ⓘ
Philebus ⓘ
Sophist ⓘ
Statesman ⓘ
revises Plato's earlier political idealism ⓘ
studiedIn Platonic scholarship ⓘ
history of ancient philosophy ⓘ
timeInPlatoLife final phase of Plato's writing career ⓘ

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Laws → philosophicalPeriod → late Plato ⓘ
Statesman → period → late Plato ⓘ
Early Plato → contrastedWith → Late Plato ⓘ
linked to: late Plato