Charmides

Plato

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 58 pages

Charmides is one of Plato's early Socratic dialogues, in which Socrates examines the nature of temperance or moderation with the young Charmides and Critias. The conversation moves through proposed definitions and questions of self-knowledge, offering a vivid example of Plato's dramatic philosophical method. It is worth hearing for its lively portrayal of Socratic inquiry.

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