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The Euthyphro Socrates ... Socrates notes that this holds of any activity, for example, carrying. There is an activity of a person, the carrying, and the quality of the object, that it is carried. The question Socrates raises is which of the two components is more fundamental, the activity or the quality?
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Plato's Euthyphro ... Euthyphro: Accusations - corruption of youth, atheism. Euthyphro is accusing his father of the murder of a slave. -Gods. Socrates is "a maker of gods, and . . . (he) creates new gods while not believing in the old gods." ;
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Euthyphro is prosecuting a murder case, but it turns out that murder cases have a religious dimension because they involve the shedding of blood, which is religiously polluting, as Euthyphro later notes himself (4c). The foundations of the king-archon's court were discovered some years ago next to the subway tunnel...
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In the dialogue, Socrates and Euthyphro try to determine the nature of piety. This may seem a very narrow topic, with only a marginal relation to moral philosophy. ... Julius Sensat / Philosophy 241: Ethics / Notes / Installment 2: Plato's Euthyphro ;
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The Structure of the Euthyphro is as follows: ... After an introductory conversation in which we find out why Euthyphro and Socrates are hanging about the Stoa of the King, Socrates suggests that Euthyphro should teach him what piety is. Accordingly, he asks Euthyphro to explain to him what one thing makes all the pious...
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; LINKS: For notes on the numbering system, and some tips on quoting in your essays, see this link.; My introduction to the Euthyphro; My translation of the Euthyphro and notes;
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In the Euqufrwn (Euthyphro), for example, Socrates engaged in a sharply critical conversation with an over-confident young man. ... Finding Euthyphro perfectly certain of his own ethical rectitude even in the morally ambiguous situation of prosecuting his own father in court, Socrates asks him to define what "piety"
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