Socrates' argumen,t "if the god-loved and the pious were the same, my dear Euthyphro, then if the pious was being loved because it was pious, the god-loved would also be being loved because it is god-loved" (Euthyphro, 11a), is in response to Euthyphro's second definition for piety that claims that the pious is the same as the god-loved (Euthyphro, 9e). ... For example, Euthyphro agrees that 1) the pious is being loved by the gods 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 (Euthyphr...

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