PHI 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Socratic Method, Immortal Souls
22 Jan 2018
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Elenchos determining someone"s beliefs through dialogue and discussion. Socrates on his way to court to hear an accusation, to be formally convicted of corrupting youth and not believing in the gods (piety) Euthyphro is on his way to accuse his father for murder. Man killed a worker in a drunken rage, euthyphro"s father bound the man and threw him in a ditch and sent someone to find a priest to ask what to do. Man died from being bound in the ditch before a priest could arrive: not a clear cut story of murder [not sure whether the father is guilty of murder] Def 1: to prosecute the wrongdoer (5d-6e) Def 2: what is dear to the gods, liked by the gods (6e-11b) Def 3: care of the gods, service to the gods (11e-14a) Def 4: to know what to say and do (14a-15c)
