READ:
“Euthyphro” from Five Dialogues
THINK:
General
What is going on in this dialogue? Have we gotten anywhere by the time it is over? What is the final answer to the question ‘what is the pious, and what the impious’?Specific
Why does Socrates claim that Euthyphro must be ‘far advanced in wisdom’? Why does Euthyphro claim it would be ridiculous for him to be concerned with whether the victim of the crime was a stranger or a relative? Why isn’t ‘prosecuting the wrongdoer’ a sufficient definition of piety? Why isn’t ‘what is dear to the gods’ a sufficient definition of piety? What happens to the suggestion that ‘the pious is what all the gods love’?