Ἱππίας μείζων

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Ἱππίας μείζων is the Greek title of Plato’s dialogue "Hippias Major," which explores the nature of beauty through a conversation between Socrates and the sophist Hippias.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue ⓘ
ancient Greek dialogue ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
asksAbout single Form of the beautiful ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
centralQuestion What is beauty? ⓘ
What is the beautiful? ⓘ
conclusionType aporia ⓘ
dialogueForm question-and-answer ⓘ
dialogueParticipants Hippias ⓘ
linked to: Hippias Major

Socrates ⓘ
examines relation between beauty and goodness ⓘ
relation between beauty and utility ⓘ
featuresCharacter Hippias ⓘ
linked to: Hippias Major

Socrates ⓘ
featuresPhilosophicalMethod Socratic questioning ⓘ
linked to: Socratic method

elenchus ⓘ
focusesOnConcept καλόν (the beautiful) ⓘ
genre Socratic dialogue ⓘ
historicalContext 4th century BCE Greek philosophy (traditional dating) ⓘ
includesCharacter Hippias of Elis ⓘ
includesCharacterType sophist ⓘ
influencedField aesthetics in Western philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainCharacter Hippias of Elis ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
partOf Platonic corpus ⓘ
period Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalDomain aesthetics ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
philosophicalIssue definition of universal properties ⓘ
philosophicalTheme beauty ⓘ
definition of beauty ⓘ
nature of the beautiful ⓘ
questions whether beauty is pleasure ⓘ
whether beauty is usefulness ⓘ
whether beauty is what is fitting ⓘ
relatedWork Hippias Minor ⓘ
Ἱππίας ἐλάττων ⓘ
setting Athens ⓘ
structure aporetic dialogue ⓘ
titleInEnglish Hippias Major ⓘ
titleInGreek Ἱππίας μείζων ⓘ
titleInLatin Hippias Maior ⓘ
linked to: Hippias Major
tradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Plato ⓘ
workType prose ⓘ

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Hippias Major → hasTitleInGreek → Ἱππίας μείζων ⓘ
Eudicus → originalWorkTitleInGreek → Ἱππίας μείζων ⓘ
Ἱππίας μείζων → titleInGreek → Ἱππίας μείζων ⓘ
Ἱππίας μείζων → relatedWork → Ἱππίας ἐλάττων ⓘ
linked to: Ἱππίας μείζων