Charmides by Plato
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"Charmides" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written in ancient Greece. Socrates returns from battle and encounters the handsome young Charmides at a wrestling school, initiating a provocative inquiry into the nature of sophrosyne—temperance or self-control. Through exchanges with Charmides and his mentor Critias, Socrates dismantles each proposed definition, from quietness to self-knowledge. The dialogue explores profound questions about virtue and wisdom while never reaching a final answer, leaving readers to grapple
with these timeless philosophical challenges themselves. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE |
|---|---|
| Translator | Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 |
| Title | Charmides |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmides_(dialogue) |
| Credits | Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Classical literature |
| Subject | Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC |
| Subject | Ethics -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Temperance -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1580 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Jan 16, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1276 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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