... and then cross-examining the answers the people give." In the courthouse, Socrates met a man called Euthyphro, and later finds out from him that he is prosecuting his father for murder and Socrates believes that Euthyphro has an understanding of religious matters, and even Euthyphro confirms that he is an expert in religious matters, and that is what makes him different from ... educate him more about religious matters and so Socrates asked him, "How do you define the holy and the unholy?". Euthyphro answers by saying, "well then, i say that the holy is what i am not doing, prosecuting ...

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... to Socrates and never did. There were no new rules added to single Socrates out. Therefore, the laws must have been interpreted to make the argument and charges brought by Euthyphro, valid and persuasive enough to elicit a guilty verdict. "If you breach this agreement ... you will probably have to go into exile as well, and forfeit their property, is reasonably clear ... . Therefore, they could not really stand on their own as an independent being, as Socrates seems to suggest by giving the laws their own voice. The same way he questioned Euthyphro, are the laws just because people recog...

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