Questions

Once you’ve read a little or all of the dialogues, you might want to test your thought process to yourself by running through a few questions, out loud with another person, or just in your thoughts. When you try to think about concepts like this, you can give them a personal feel and understanding that will allow you to understand yourself better, and better explain yourself to others.

Phaedrus

What is your definition of a loving relationship?

How important is love to you?

Euthydemus

Is it more important for you to be smart or to be thought of as smart?

Is virtue something that can be taught?

Meno

What do you find to be virtuous?

Why is virtue good?

Symposium

What is love?

Is physical love or emotional love more important to you?

Lysis

Do you ruin your chances with a partner before you even try to talk to them?

Would you rather date someone who is similar to you, opposite, or in the middle?

Philebus

Would you rather live a life of pleasure or a life of wisdom?

How do you balance luxury and knowledge in your own life and should you change it?

Crito

How important is the social contract to you?

What are your values, and how much are you willing to sacrifice for them?

The Cave

What do you think existence is?

Is it really a bad thing to be chained on the wall?