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Socratic dialogue

genre of literary prose
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Socratic dialogue

Summary

Socratic dialogue is a literary genre[1]. It draws 291 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #55 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Socratic dialogue's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • Socrates is named after Socratic dialogue[4].
  • Socratic dialogue is a type of dialogue[5].
  • Socratic dialogue's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Socratic dialogues[6].
  • Socratic dialogue's main subject is philosophy[7].

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Definition and Type

Socratic dialogue's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. It is a type of dialogue[5].

Origins

Socrates is named after Socratic dialogue[4].

Why It Matters

Socratic dialogue draws 291 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #55 of 487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Crito Euthyphro philosophy Socrates

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 7026
    Named after → Socrates
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 7026, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287967|Socratic dialogues (#107287967)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical"
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