PHILOS 1A03 Lecture 1: PHILOS 1A03 → Week 1
10 Sep 2018
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Socrates: socrates was a greek philosopher and the main source of western thought. Little is known of his life except what was recorded by his students, including plato. "socratic method," laid the groundwork for western systems of logic and philosophy. Euthyphro: written by plato, is a socratic dialogue, whose events occur in the weeks before the trial of socrates, for which. Socrates and euthyphro attempt to establish a definitive meaning for the word piety (virtue) First greek philosopher in ionia and s. italy. Everything we know about socrates is through plato. Euthyphro is a middle aged man and a priest. Socrates is on his way to the court, to hear the charges against him. Euthyphro is on his way to the same place as he has filed charges against his own father for murders. Both euthyphro and socrates are strangers to each other and meet on their way to court.
