Charmides and Other Poems


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Charmides and Other Poems


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Oscar Wilde, an Irish Writer, Playwright and renowned poet. He was born on 16th Oct 1854 and was died on 30th Nov 1900. His famous work includes : The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), and De Profundis (written in 1897 & published in 1905)




Eryxias


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Eryxias by Plato is a spurious Socratic dialogue. It is set in the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, and features Socrates in conversation with Critias, Eryxias, and Erasistratus (nephew of Phaeax). The dialogue concerns the topic of wealth and virtue. The position of Eryxias that it is good to be materially prosperous is challenged when Critias argues that having money is not always a good thing. Socrates then shows that money has only a conventional value.