Adeimantus
E191685
Adeimantus is a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s Republic, known for his probing questions about justice, education, and the ideal state.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adeimantus canonical | 17 |
| Adeimantus (Plato’s Republic interlocutor) | 2 |
| Adeimantus of Collytus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1685595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adeimantus Context triple: [Republic, featuresCharacter, Adeimantus]
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A.
Charmides
Charmides is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of temperance or self-control through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides.
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B.
Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
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C.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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D.
Glaucon
Glaucon is a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s Republic, known for challenging Socrates on the nature of justice and the value of living a just life.
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E.
Meletus
Meletus was the principal accuser who initiated the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth against Socrates in classical Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adeimantus Target entity description: Adeimantus is a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s Republic, known for his probing questions about justice, education, and the ideal state.
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A.
Charmides
Charmides is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of temperance or self-control through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides.
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B.
Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
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C.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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D.
Glaucon
Glaucon is a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s Republic, known for challenging Socrates on the nature of justice and the value of living a just life.
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E.
Meletus
Meletus was the principal accuser who initiated the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth against Socrates in classical Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek literary character
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fictional character ⓘ interlocutor in a Platonic dialogue ⓘ |
| appearsInBookOfRepublic |
Book II
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Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book IX ⓘ Book VIII ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Republic ⓘ |
| asksClarificationAbout |
the education and lifestyle of the guardian class
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the happiness of rulers in the ideal city ⓘ the treatment of wealth and poverty in the city ⓘ |
| asksFor | a defense of justice independent of rewards and reputation ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophicalTheme |
moral psychology
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political philosophy ⓘ the just city ⓘ the nature of education ⓘ |
| contributesTo | the formulation of the kallipolis (ideal city) in the Republic ⓘ |
| createdBy | Plato ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| dialoguePartner |
Glaucon
ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ |
| discussesTopic |
education
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justice ⓘ the education of guardians ⓘ the ideal state ⓘ the role of poets ⓘ the value of justice for its own sake ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn | Western philosophy ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Glaucon ⓘ |
| isBrotherOf | Glaucon ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
to articulate common-sense and critical objections to Socrates
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to strengthen the challenge to justice initiated by Glaucon ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | ancient commentaries on Plato’s Republic ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Ἀδείμαντος ⓘ |
| questions |
the conventional praise of justice
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the educational use of poetry and myth ⓘ whether guardians will be happy without private property or families ⓘ |
| roleInWork | interlocutor of Socrates ⓘ |
| timeOfCompositionOfWork | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| workGenre | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adeimantus Description of subject: Adeimantus is a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s Republic, known for his probing questions about justice, education, and the ideal state.
Referenced by (20)
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