- Jan 2023
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classics.mit.edu classics.mit.edu
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Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.
I find this sentence within the reading to be quite enlightening and it helped me make more sense of the reading as a whole as well. In this passage, Euthyphro finally gives Socrates an answer to his question, "what is piety?" The definition Euthyphro gives is enlightening to me because it is a different and new definition than what I have heard and known to be before this reading. Piety to me would be what is true and good. Thus, I suppose when really thinking about it, the good and true is in fact dear to the god's, so this definition Euthyphro gives does then make sense. The God's believe in pious and moral acts.
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ia801905.us.archive.org ia801905.us.archive.org
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Don't you notice that the power of seeing and what's seen dohave such a need?"
I find this certain sentence within this section of the reading to be actually a bit confusing to myself. The question that is being posed here is just something I don't quite understand. When the question of "don't you notice that the power of seeing and what's seen do have such a need?" is being asked, what exactly is the difference between the power of seeing and what's seen? I understand it is a very philosophical question I suppose, but what does the question and the difference between the two mean?
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