" 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 the common man. In response to this, Socrates suggests that Euthyphro could 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...

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On trial for offenses against the Athenian public, The Apology finds philosopher and man-about-town Socrates engaged in a noble proclamation of his innocence. Found guilty and sentenced to death, Socrates is isolated to prison. He is confronted by a scheming friend, as he awaits execution. Plato's...

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In order to help us understand the meaning of Philosophy we must first understand the long debates regarding what it means to be human, and how "being" differs from "to be". Does an individual become human or is "that" individual only "that" individual? How does being differ from to be? The fundam...

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As Socrates begins to employ the Socratic Method which we come to know well in the Euthyphro, he personifies the laws of the State of Athens, highlighting the way in which they 'speak' to him. ...

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