Socratic dialogue (Ancient Greek: Σωκρατικὸς λόγος) is a genre of literary prose developed in Greece at the turn of the fourth century BC. The earliest ones are preserved in the works of Plato and Xenophon and … See more

Most of the Socratic dialogues referred to today are those of Plato. Platonic dialogues defined the literary genre subsequent philosophers used. See more

Socratic dialogue remained a popular format for expressing arguments and drawing literary portraits of those who espouse them. … See more

• List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
• Socratici viri See more

Authors of extant dialogues
• Athenaeus, author of Deipnosophistae
• Cicero, author of several dialogues, including De re publica, De finibus bonorum et malorum, Tusculanae Disputationes, De Natura Deorum, De Divinatione, De fato, Academica, … See more

• Owen Barfield
• André Gide
• Jane Jacobs
• Peter Kreeft See more