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Socratic dialogue (Ancient Greek: Σωκρατικὸς λόγος) is a genre of literary prose developed in Greece at the turn of the fourth century BC. The earliest ones are preserved in the works of Plato and Xenophon and all involve Socrates as the protagonist .
Socrates on Trial: A Play Based on Aristophane's Clouds and Plato's Apology, Crito, and Phaedo Adapted for Modern Performance (2007), by Andrew David Irvine, is a contemporary play that portrays Socrates as philosopher and man, based upon The Clouds (423 BC), by Aristophanes, and three Socratic dialogues, by Plato, the Apology of Socrates (the ...
During the film many excerpts from some of Plato's famous Dialogues are presented, including Hippias major, Euthyphron, Republic, Crito, Socrates' Apology and Phaedo. There are also some explicit quotations, by a detractor of Socrates, of The Clouds , the comedy of Aristophanes in which the philosopher is described as a scoundrel, expert in ...
Aeschines and Socrates in Raphael's The School of Athens Pietro Testa's etching of the Symposium (1648). The Apotheosis of Homer (1827); The Death of Socrates (1787); Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca (3rd century AD)
When we asked our expert about how movies and TV shows help us communicate during a time when we are increasingly polarized, she mentioned how, unfortunately, a lot of films in India at the moment ...
The Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος, romanized: Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium. [1]
A prominent 19th-century example of literary dialogue was Landor's Imaginary Conversations (1821–1828). [14] In Germany, Wieland adopted this form for several important satirical works published between 1780 and 1799. In Spanish literature, the Dialogues of Valdés (1528) and those on Painting (1633) by Vincenzo Carducci are celebrated.
Socratic dialogue is also a term used by Platonic scholars who see a movement away from Socrates by Plato: in this view, Plato's "early" dialogue are Socratic, but not the later ones. This definition is also included within the article. In the first definition, the Laws is a Socratic dialogue; in the second, it is not. The article should ...