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  • Chapter 3 - Charmides, Eros and the Unity of the Dialogue

  • Raphael Woolf, King's College London
  • Book:
    Plato's <i>Charmides</i>
    Published online:
    20 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023, pp 60-144

  • Summary

    This chapter defends the unity of the Charmides as a dramatic whole. It does so by a close analysis of Socrates’ interactions with Charmides throughout the dialogue. The chapter argues that Socrates is presented as driven by an erotic quest for discovering beauty in Charmides’ soul. This explains the nature of Socrates’ initial interactions with Charmides; his abandonment of Charmides for the long discussion with Critias that follows; and his recalling of Charmides into the conversation at the end of the dialogue. It is argued that Socrates’ procedure for seducing Charmides into exposing his soul consists of the interplay of two arts, which I describe and analyse: the art of soul-medicine and the art of erotics, with the former art deployed by Socrates in service of the latter.