# Charmides

By Plato.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Benjamin Jowett
- Subjects: Classical literature; Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800; Temperance -- Early works to 1800

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