Socratic dialogues of Plato

E60378

ancient Greek literature dialogue form literature philosophical work collection

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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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Platonic dialogues	5
Plato’s dialogues	2
Socratic dialogues of Plato canonical	2
Plato's Protagoras	1
Plato's dialogue "Theaetetus"	1
Plato's dialogue Gorgias	1
Plato's dialogues	1
Plato’s Socratic dialogues	1
Socrates in conversation with prominent Athenians	1
Socratic dialogue	1
Socratic dialogues	1
Socratic tradition	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T484461 — 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: Socratic dialogues of Plato
Context triple: [La Mort de Socrate, inspiredBy, Socratic dialogues of Plato]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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: 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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek literature ⓘ dialogue form literature ⓘ philosophical work collection ⓘ
aim	clarification of concepts ⓘ moral improvement of interlocutors ⓘ pursuit of truth ⓘ
creator	Plato ⓘ
culturalContext	Classical Athens ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Adeimantus ⓘ Alcibiades ⓘ Crito ⓘ Euthyphro ⓘ Glaucon ⓘ Gorgias ⓘ Meno ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Thrasymachus ⓘ
historicalBasis	life of Socrates ⓘ
includesWork	Apology ⓘ Charmides ⓘ Clitophon ⓘ Cratylus ⓘ Critias ⓘ Crito ⓘ Euthydemus ⓘ Euthyphro ⓘ Gorgias ⓘ Hippias Major ⓘ Hippias Minor ⓘ Ion ⓘ Laches ⓘ Lysis ⓘ Menexenus ⓘ linked to: Menexenus (son) Meno ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ Phaedrus ⓘ Philebus ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Republic ⓘ Sophist ⓘ linked to: Sophists Statesman ⓘ Symposium ⓘ linked to: Συμπόσιον Theaetetus ⓘ Timaeus ⓘ
influenced	Christian philosophy ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ educational theory ⓘ modern ethics ⓘ political theory ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	philosophical dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter	Socrates ⓘ
methodCharacteristic	examination of assumptions ⓘ refutation of interlocutors ⓘ search for definitions ⓘ use of probing questions ⓘ
narrativePerspective	dramatic dialogue ⓘ
philosophicalApproach	dialectic ⓘ elenchus ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	care of the soul is paramount ⓘ intellectualism about virtue ⓘ virtue is knowledge ⓘ
preservationMedium	manuscript tradition ⓘ
primaryTheme	epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ justice ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ piety ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ the good life ⓘ the nature of knowledge ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ virtue ⓘ
setting	Athens ⓘ
studiedIn	classics curricula ⓘ philosophy curricula ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BCE ⓘ
usesMethod	Socratic method ⓘ

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