There is an immediate transition from the main ideas of this compared to that of Plato's Euthyphro. Euthyphro clearly demonstrates that there is no place for piety to have an influence in justice. ... Euthyphro's justification for this tribunal is that a murder is a murder. ... This was a somewhat progressive standpoint at the time in that Euthyphro believed relationships were insignificant. ... This demonstrates a problem for Euthyphro in assuming that piety and justice are somehow linked together. ...

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In Plato's "Euthyphro" (translated by F.J. ... Euthyphro enters his dialogue with Socrates overconfident. It is partially Euthyphro's arrogance that causes his defeat, "I should be of no use, Socrates, and Euthyphro would not be superior to the majority of men, if I did not have accurate knowledge of all such things" (8). One of the main themes in Socrates' dialogue with Euthyphro is what constitutes a definition of a term, as Socrates begins the argument by inquiring Euthyphro what is the definition of piousness. ... Socrates refuses to accept that answer, and furthermore doe...

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This was the key point of discussion from which the 'Euthyphro dilemma' was inspired. ... The Euthyphro dialogue fundamentally questions the nature of the relationship between God and the 'Form' of morality. Socrates asks Euthyphro 'What is Piety?' ...

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