... of the offender's crime. His definition suggests that piety is bringing the wrongdoer before a jury. Socrates rejects this as a definition because it merely illustrates what Euthyphro considers a pious act. It's an example. "You only tell me that what you are doing now, namely, prosecuting your father for murder, is a ... two different questions: 1. Do the gods love piety because it's pious? 2. Is it pious because the gods love it? The Euthyphro dialogue is Euthyphro's knowledge claim of what piety is. Euthyphro gives examples of what piety is, but he's never able to furnish the true de...

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... holiness as persecuting religious offenders. Socrates found this definition unacceptable, seeing that there are many other more worthy deeds than persecuting people. Euthyphro went on to say that whatever the God's found agreeable was indeed holy. Socrates then went on to say that the God's fought with each other, so what might be ... 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 ho...

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... holiness as persecuting religious offenders. Socrates found this definition unacceptable, seeing that there are many other more worthy deeds than persecuting people. Euthyphro went on to say that whatever the God's found agreeable was indeed holy. Socrates then went on to say that the God's fought with each other, so what might be ... 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 ho...

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... is impious or not holy? Euthypro concludes that "E: I would certainly say that the pious is what all the gods love, and the opposite, what all the gods hate is impious" (Euthyphro). He is saying that for something to be holy the gods must approve it, and for it not to be the gods must disagree with it. Euthypro, follows his explanation ... is impious. Socrates was not satisfied by the vague and unfulfilling answers that Euthypro and often would ask him questions such as " What then do we say about the pious, Euthyphro? Surely that is being loved by all the gods, according to what u say?...

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