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Euthyphro
Title: Euthyphro
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 653 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Euthyphro
In the Euthyphro from Plato’s Five Dialogues, Socrates argues with Euthyphro to the question “What is piety?” Euthyphro responded to Socrates several definitions of piety but none of the answers seem to satisfy Socrates. For each definition that Euthyphro gives to Socrates, Socrates would debate on it. One of Euthyphro attempt to the definition of piety is “what is dear to the gods is pious, what is not is impious” (7a, p.11). Although this …showed first 75 words of 653 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 653 total…the definition of piety even more confusing and brings out more questions to be answered. Is it loved because it is pious? But it is not pious because it is loved? And because it is loved by the gods it is being loved and is dear to the gods? In conclusion, it seems to be that piety is not definable in one form and that many different people can judge it in many different ways.
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