1. The Euthyphro
... . Socrates then went on to say that the God's fought with each other, so what might be agreeable to one might not be to another. Basically, Socrates was trying to prove that holiness cannot be defined by the Gods. Therefore, neither the Gods nor holiness can be defined because each was inherently based on the other. This left Euthyphro in a dilemma, unsure of what constituted holiness. He ... believed that holiness was a kind of justice that was for "looking after the Gods". Socrates again disagreed by saying that the Gods are all powerful and don't need to ... be looked after in any wa...
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