PHIL 111 Lecture Notes - Stephanus Pagination
27 Feb 2014
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To make the case against d. c. e. , we shall read plato"s great dialogue the euthyphro. Before getting to this, a couple of preparatory remarks are in order: how to cite plato. Don"t use the page number of the translation you are using. After it has become clear what has brought them together, socrates asks euthyphro to enlighten him. Since this is only the first of several attempts, we know it"s unsuccessful. What"s wrong with this answer to the question: it is a token; specific instance of piety, not an actual definition, here is what we read in the dialogue. Soc: you agree that there are many other pious actions. Soc: bear in mind then that i did not bid you tell me one or two of the many pious actions but that form itself that makes all pious actions pious (6d) After socrates points out that euthyphro has given him the wrong kind of answer, he tries again.
