Hippias Minor (Greek: Ἱππίας ἐλάττων), or On Lying, is thought to be one of Plato's early works. Socrates matches wits with an arrogant polymath, who is also a smug literary critic.

Oct 15, 2008 · HIPPIAS: I will; ask shortly anything which you like. SOCRATES: Do you say that the false, like the sick, have no power to do things, or that they have the power to do things? …

Why do you not join us in praising some part of his speech, or else, if he seems to you to have been wrong in any point, refute him—especially now that we who might best claim to have a …

In the Hippias Minor, discussion of Homer by a visiting Sophist leads to an examination by Socrates, which the Sophist fails, on such questions as whether a just person who does wrong …

I am sure that Hippias will be delighted to answer anything which you would like to ask; tell me, Hippias, if Socrates asks you a question, will you answer him?

Hippias And how, Socrates, could those who voluntarily do wrong [372a] and voluntarily and designedly do harm be better than those who do so involuntarily? And there seems to be good …

The Hippias Minor presents a powerfully attractive, unified portrait of Socrates’ character as a philosopher: sincere, confident, rational, and steady in his commitments; but at the same time …

Hippias Minor by Plato translated by Benjamin Jowett. Persons of the Dialogue: Socrates, Hippias, Eudicus. Dramatic Date: ~420 BCE; Socrates is 49 years old. EUDICUS: Why are …

HIPPIAS: Very well; ask briefly whatever you like. SOCRATES: Do you say that the false are, like the sick, without power to do anything, or that they have power to do something? HIPPIAS: I …

Eudicus—who is mentioned in the Greater Hippias, but of whom nothing further is known than that his father’s name was Apemantus—calls upon Socrates to ask the sophist some questions, …