Socrates and Sophist

Socrates and Sophist Plato’s Sophist is one of the only dialogues in which Socrates isn’t the main character. This makes for an interesting question: why? Why would Plato stray from the norm of making his teacher the main focus of this dialogue? As I’ve thought about this I’ve come up with three possible explanations that may explain Plato’s decision. It is impossible to come up with a definitive answer, but …

…in the picture and why a visitor is. However, it is hard to make literary assumptions based in the knowledge of the 20th century and apply them to an ancient Greek work. Of course, we do the same thing with Greek drama, so maybe it isn’t such a stretch. I don’t think anyone will ever really know why Plato chose to stray from Socrates in Sophist, but making guesses is somehow more intriguing.