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Euthyphro ( Ευθύφρων ) is one of Plato's early dialogues, dated to after 399 BCE. Taking place in Plato's Trial and Death of Socrates, it features Socrates and Euthyphro, a man known for claiming...
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: Don’t just give me one or two examples of piety, but rather explain the general idea which makes all pious things to be pious. I need a standard, which I can consult to determine whether an act is pious or not.
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He asks Euthyphro to teach him about what piety and impiety are, so that he can see for himself whether what Euthyphro is doing to his father is a pious act. This, then, begins the heart of the dialogue--a rigorous discussion about what piety and impiety...
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Turning against one's father is thus like turning against one's religion, and a major act of impiety -- rather like Arjuna's grief at the possibility of killing his teacher in the Bhagavad Gita. This is why the issue of the Euthyphro becomes piety.
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More significantly, Socrates generates a formal dilemma from a (deceptively) simple question: "Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" (Euthyphro 10 a) Neither alternative can do the work for which Euthyphro intends his definition of piety.
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The problem of piety has a long history in Western philosophy and is first addressed by Plato in the dialogue Euthyphro. This dialogue is one in the drama making up the trial and death of Socrates and takes place just as Socrates arrives at the porch of King Archon, the sovereign who shall preside over his trial.
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Euthyphro claims he knows what piety is, or even he would not charge his father for ‘murdering’ a slave, who himself was a murderer.  It is important to note that Euthyphro’s father was following the normal Athenian legal process by sending for the oracle to ask what should be done to the slave, when the slave...
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Socrates wants a better definition. Euthyphro's definition does not give the "form" of piety, no essence. Avoid the use of examples. ... The answer Euthyphro gives is that piety is pleasing to the gods. But this is the same as what is dear to them = circular.
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instead, Euthyphro is supposed to provide a general definition that captures the very essence of what piety is. But every answer he offers is subjected to the full force of Socrates's critical thinking, until nothing certain remains. ... You are here: Forums Blogs » claud3 » Euthyphro: What is Piety...
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