Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"

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Socratic dialogue philosophical work

Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" is a Socratic conversation that explores the nature of virtue, whether it can be taught, and the relationship between knowledge and moral action.

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Label	Occurrences
Plato's "Protagoras"	2
Plato's Protagoras	1
Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" canonical	1
Plato's dialogue Protagoras	1
Plato’s Protagoras (different but similarly named Callias)	1
Plato’s dialogue Protagoras	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4182534 — 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: Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"
Context triple: [Protagoras, subjectOf, Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"]

A. Plato's dialogue "Sophist"
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" is a late philosophical work in which an Eleatic Stranger leads a rigorous inquiry into the nature of the sophist, being and non-being, and the possibility of falsehood.
B. Plato's Theaetetus
Plato's Theaetetus is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
C. Socratic dialogues of Plato
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.
D. 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.
E. Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" is a late, highly abstract philosophical work in which a young Socrates engages with the Eleatic philosopher Parmenides on the problems of Forms, unity, and being.
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: Plato's dialogue "Protagoras"
Target entity description: Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" is a Socratic conversation that explores the nature of virtue, whether it can be taught, and the relationship between knowledge and moral action.

A. Plato's dialogue "Sophist"
Plato's dialogue "Sophist" is a late philosophical work in which an Eleatic Stranger leads a rigorous inquiry into the nature of the sophist, being and non-being, and the possibility of falsehood.
B. Plato's Theaetetus
Plato's Theaetetus is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
C. Socratic dialogues of Plato
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.
D. 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.
E. Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" is a late, highly abstract philosophical work in which a young Socrates engages with the Eleatic philosopher Parmenides on the problems of Forms, unity, and being.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Socratic dialogue ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Plato ⓘ
belongsToCorpus	Platonic dialogues ⓘ linked to: Dialogues of Plato
centralQuestion	Is knowledge sufficient for right action? ⓘ Is virtue one or many? ⓘ Is virtue teachable? ⓘ
containsArgument	argument for the unity of the virtues ⓘ argument that courage is a kind of knowledge ⓘ argument that no one willingly does wrong ⓘ
containsMyth	Prometheus myth about the origins of civic virtue ⓘ
containsPoeticInterpretation	discussion of a poem by Simonides ⓘ
dialogueType	early Platonic dialogue ⓘ
exploresConcept	difference between true and apparent goods ⓘ measurement of pleasures and pains ⓘ role of pleasure in the good life ⓘ teachability of political virtue ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Alcibiades ⓘ Callias ⓘ Hippias of Elis ⓘ Hippocrates ⓘ Prodicus ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
featuresGroup	sophists ⓘ
genre	philosophical dialogue ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme	hedonism and pleasure ⓘ nature of virtue ⓘ relationship between knowledge and moral action ⓘ role of sophists in education ⓘ teachability of virtue ⓘ unity of the virtues ⓘ
narrativeForm	first-person narration by Socrates ⓘ
periodWritten	4th century BCE ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ
philosophicalMethod	elenchus (Socratic cross-examination) ⓘ linked to: Socratic method long speech (epideixis) by Protagoras ⓘ
philosophicalPositionExplored	hedonistic calculus of pleasure and pain ⓘ intellectualism about virtue ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
portrays	Protagoras as a leading sophist ⓘ
relatedWork	Gorgias ⓘ Meno ⓘ Republic ⓘ
setInCity	Athens ⓘ
settingLocation	house of Callias in Athens ⓘ
traditionallyClassifiedAs	dialogue on virtue and education ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Protagoras → subjectOf → Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ

Critias → portrayedIn → Plato's dialogue Protagoras ⓘ

subject linked to: Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides)