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Euthyphro

by Plato

Philosophy

Open Library OL51781W

In the dialogue, Socrates and Euthyphro attempt to establish a definition of piety. This however leads to the main dilemma of the dialogue when the two cannot come to a satisfactory conclusion: Is something pious because the gods approve of it?

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