Euthyphro

Euthyphro I. In the Euthyphro, Euthyphro himself gives three proposals of piety. First, the pious is to prosecute the wrongdoer and the impious is not to prosecute the wrongdoer. Socrates disputes this example as lacking generality. He believed that in order to define piety, one had to find the form that made all pious acts pious. An example of a pious act does not in turn define piety. Euthyphro’s second attempt stated that the pious is loved by the gods, while the impious was hated by them. Again, Socrates objects, saying that although it passed the generality requirement, there was no conformity among the objects dear to the gods. After all, the gods had different opinions as did humans. Euthyphro then tries to modify his second attempt by narrowing the requirement to what is loved by all gods or hated by all gods. Socrates deflates this notion as well. He questions wether the pious is loved because the gods love it, or do the gods love it because it is loved. To be loved is a quality given by an act of love. The mere fact of being loved by a god does not give meaning to piety or make the just, justice, gods, three, one, socrates, find, soul, parts, pious, out, being, appetite, order, individual, better, spirited, loved, give, because, balance, while, wether, second, rewards, republic, piety, part, each, discussion, city, act, unjust, rational, own, opposite, ones, need, love, knowledge, humans, good, function, found, food, body, best, writings, wisdom, war, wanted