... did not work because it led to a problem. The problem was that one god loved "x-, for example, and another god hated "x-, that would lead to "x- being both holy and unholy. Euthyphro hence believes by adding the "all gods- to the third definition, the problem will no longer exist. Socrates further wishes to analyize the statement, "The point which I want to first ... them. When you lose that confidence you will become more open to new ideas and a new way of looking at things. Socrates, through his conversations with politicians, artisans, poets and Euthyphro; destroys their confidence i...

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... his students by pursuing a series of questions and examining the effects of their answers. Almost everyone that he came into contact with he would question. For example, Socrates methodically denies Euthyphro's idea that what makes right actions right is that the gods love or approval of them. First, there is the obvious problem that, since questions of right and wrong often ... ...

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... wrong. If God commands it then it is considered morally right, and if God forbids something then it is morally wrong. Four hundred years before Jesus was born Plato wrote Euthyphro, and in this passage he wrote that right could be seen as what the gods command. Socrates basically says back that if it is right because the gods command it ... ...

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