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Intellectual tradition

Socratic and Platonic thought

A dialogical tradition testing definition, justice, knowledge, and the care of the soul.

Thinkers
3
Works
70
Passages
4,262
Concepts
149

Origins, practices, and debates

Socrates left no writings. His practice of questioning reaches us mainly through Plato, whose dialogues turn philosophical inquiry into a living scene. An answer is proposed, tested, corrected, and sometimes left unresolved.

Platonism is therefore neither one fixed doctrine nor merely a theory of Forms. It investigates the difference between opinion and knowledge, the conditions of a just city, desire, education, and the soul’s relation to reality. Its heirs produced readings that can conflict, and the corpus should keep those differences visible.

Period: Since the 5th century BCE

Modern reconstructions

Places, practices, and transmission

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Modern reconstruction of Questioning in the Agora for Socratic and Platonic thought on Prokopton42.com
Questioning in the AgoraA modern interpretation of Socrates in the documented context titled “Questioning in the Agora”, set around c. 410 BCE.
Modern reconstruction of Potidaea for Socratic and Platonic thought on Prokopton42.com
PotidaeaMilitary service reported by Platonic witnesses. The generated scene uses Potidaea and 432-429 BCE as its documented anchors.
Modern reconstruction of Amphipolis for Socratic and Platonic thought on Prokopton42.com
AmphipolisThird attested military campaign. The generated scene uses Amphipolis and 422 BCE as its documented anchors.
Modern reconstruction of Walking in the Academy for Socratic and Platonic thought on Prokopton42.com
Walking in the AcademyA modern interpretation of Plato in the documented context titled “Walking in the Academy”, set around c. 370 BCE.

Thinkers in this tradition on Prokopton42

Portrait of Socrates on Prokopton42.comSocrates469–399 BCEPortrait of Plato on Prokopton42.comPlatoc. 428–348 BCEPortrait of Plutarch on Prokopton42.comPlutarchc. 46–c. 119 CE

Works to read

  1. First AlcibiadesPlato · 33 passages
  2. Second Alcibiades, a Pseudo-Platonic DialoguePlato · 14 passages
  3. Apology of SocratesPlato · 26 passages
  4. CharmidesPlato · 24 passages
  5. ClitophonPlato · 5 passages
  6. CratylusPlato · 58 passages
  7. CritiasPlato · 16 passages
  8. CritoPlato · 12 passages
  9. Epinomis, an Ancient Appendix to the LawsPlato · 20 passages
  10. Letters Attributed to PlatoPlato · 55 passages
  11. EuthydemusPlato · 37 passages
  12. EuthyphroPlato · 15 passages
  13. GorgiasPlato · 81 passages
  14. Hipparchus, a Pseudo-Platonic DialoguePlato · 8 passages
  15. Hippias MajorPlato · 24 passages
  16. Hippias MinorPlato · 14 passages
  17. IonPlato · 13 passages
  18. LachesPlato · 24 passages
  19. LawsPlato · 327 passages
  20. Rival Lovers, a Pseudo-Platonic DialoguePlato · 8 passages
  21. LysisPlato · 21 passages
  22. MenexenusPlato · 16 passages
  23. MenoPlato · 31 passages
  24. Minos, a Pseudo-Platonic DialoguePlato · 9 passages
  25. ParmenidesPlato · 41 passages
  26. PhaedoPlato · 62 passages
  27. PhaedrusPlato · 53 passages
  28. PhilebusPlato · 57 passages
  29. ProtagorasPlato · 54 passages
  30. RepublicPlato · 278 passages