TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Jowett,Benjamin TI - Charmides AV - BPA PY - 1998/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Classical literature KW - Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC KW - Ethics -- Early works to 1800 KW - Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 KW - Temperance -- Early works to 1800 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmides_(dialogue); Release date is 1998-12-01; Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "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.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1580 ER -