... because it is pious is true (Euthyphro 10e), but disagrees that 2) the pious is being loved by the gods because it is god-loved is true (Euthyphro 10e). By substituting "pious' with "god-loved" we ended up with a false statement at 2, and all in accordance to beliefs Euthyphro holds. Socrates' argument undermines Euthyphro's ... if he holds his definition as true, then he is also saying that he believes that the pious is being loved by the gods because it is god-loved. This is something not in accordance to Euthyphro's beliefs and contradictory. At Euthyphro 11d, Euthyphro states that h...

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... one man, but he only satisfied one part of being a pious person. According to the American Heritage Dictionary being a pious person has devotion and severance towards his god and family.? Euthypro only pleased his god; by bring justice towards his father. He maimed his family and betrayed them. Being thoughtful towards his own family name; Euthyphro only considered him and his money ... some crimes. When Euthyphros father killed his hired hand, he still had a just reason for doing so. The two main ways to have a pious soul is by having devotion to god and family. Euthyphro showed obviou...

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... with what Euthypro had to say in response to his questions. Socrates would then hound him with repetitive questions and statements such as this "And yet is something loved and god-loved because it is being loved by the gods we agree that the pious is being loved for this reason, that it is pious, but it is not pious because ... it is being loved. Is that not so? and that the god- loved, on the other hand, is so because it is being loved by the gods, by the very fact of being loved, but it is not being loved because it ... is god-loved. Socrates in turn is trying to teach Euthypro to th...

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... is impious."" (7A). According to Euthyphro, what is favorable to the gods is pious, and what is not favorable to the gods is impious. Socrates counters this by exposing the god's well-known disagreements. Euthyphro has admitted that the gods love the pious and hate the impious in chorus with disagreeing between themselves. This permits them to love and hate what ... is pious, and simultaneously agree and disagree on the same things. The god's lack of harmony doesn't validate Euthyphro's definition and only shows how he's furnished another condition/quality of piety. Euthyphro's third de...

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... that "what gods love is holy and what gods hate is unholy-. This earlier defintion 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 ... ...

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... it please them. Socrates in the early pages asks Euthyphro something very similar towards this. He asks Euthyphro to explain to him how it is one god may love something or someone and how one god may hate something or someone. He makes a good solid statement and question here because Euthyphro is left out to dry, he doesn't have an answer to ... ...

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... is prosecuting one who is guilty of murder, no matter who the murderer is, just as he is doing against his father (Plato & Jowett, n.d.). He points out that even the god Zeus punished his own father. Socrates responds that although he would like to hear more about the gods at some point, of which he knows little, he is currently more ... ...

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... change their minds. Once more, according to Euthyphro they get whatever is dearest to them. But this brings the argument right back to the beginning. What is dear to one god is not always dear to another, for they are often at war with each other. In the end piety is never defined, however they have established what is not piety ... ...

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