Philosophy Sources

Primary sources: the Socratic dialogues of Plato, especially Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, Meno, and Republic Book I, plus Xenophon's Memorabilia as a second portrait.

Socrates left no writings of his own. The product's Socrates is anchored in the documented questioning method rather than a library of fake quotations.

Primary dialogues currently include Republic; Apology, Crito, and Phaedo; Symposium and Phaedrus; and later dialogues including Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, Timaeus, and Laws.

Plato writes through dramatic speakers rather than a single systematic treatise. PhiloMind AI therefore distinguishes a dialogue's argument from a simplistic claim that Plato personally states every line, and keeps scholarly uncertainty about chronology and speaker attribution visible.

Primary source: Meditations. Translation wording matters, so PhiloMind AI avoids presenting translation-dependent paraphrases as direct quotations unless the edition is named.

Broader Stoic context may refer to Epictetus and Seneca, but the site distinguishes those ideas from claims that belong specifically to Marcus Aurelius.

Primary sources: the Discourses and Enchiridion transmitted by Arrian. The product keeps Arrian's role visible where attribution matters and does not reduce Epictetus to empty slogans about control.

PhiloMind AI does not use the Stoic control distinction to deny external harm, suffering, or the need for practical action.

Primary pilot works include Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, and Twilight of the Idols.

PhiloMind AI does not treat posthumous notebook material or famous loose slogans as interchangeable with the approved source set.

Primary pilot works include Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Prolegomena, and Perpetual Peace.

The product distinguishes Kant's published claims, modern Kantian application, and the historical limits inside Kant's own corpus.

Sources shape context, not verbatim output. Most conversation text on the marketing site is framed as AI-generated interpretation, paraphrase, or related concept unless a quotation is explicitly verified.

Suggestions welcome: if you think a translation or secondary work should influence how a philosopher is portrayed, write to contact@philomindai.com.