• Hippias Minor or The Art of Cunning introduction and artwork by Paul Chan, translation by Sarah Ruden, essay by Richard Fletcher, Badlands Unlimited, 2015
  • The Hippias Minor is about two of the most fundamental ideas of Socratic philosophy, and arguably of the entire Greco-Roman tradition: that virtue is a kind of...
  • HIPPIAS: And with good reason, Socrates; for since the day when I first entered the lists at Olympia I have never found any man who was my superior in anything.
  • In this video, I explain the significance of the dialogue Hippias Minor and run through the main points of the dialogue.This channel looks at Plato's dialogu...
  • Immerse yourself in the pages of “Hippias Minor” and discover how Plato will lead you to question and explore your own ideas about morality and excellence.
  • HIPPIAS: Naturally, Socrates, I am in this state: for since I began to contend at the Olympic games, I never yet met anyone better than myself in anything.
  • Truly, Hippias, you are to be congratulated, if at every Olympic festival you have such an encouraging opinion of your own wisdom when you go up to the temple.
  • Socrates Indeed, Eudicus, there are some points in what Hippias was just now saying of Homer, [363b] about which I should like to question him.
  • Hippias Minor, or Lesser Hippias, called so because it is much shorter than the other dialogue named after Hippias, has the reputation of being one of the...
  • With all that Hippias has shown—off; and you aren't praising any of his assertions, or asking any questions: Does something seem to've been said amiss to you?