PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Greek Mythology, Visiting Hours
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Socrates wants euthyphro to explain piety to him: as euthyphro believes in the tradition stories of the gods, he believes that pious is beloved by all the gods. You cannot substitute pious for god-loved: socrates doesn"t deny that this may (or may not be true) but he brings up that. Euthyphro still hasn"t given piety" a real definition: euthyphro starts to feel uneasy. He compares socrates to daedalus the sculpture and inventor. In greek mythology, he is the creator of the wings that eventually lead to his son"s demise: euthyphro believes that socrates has crafted his wants into a too complicated demand. Stable answers are necessary for moral conduct found at 15d in text. What would socrates accept as showing knowledge of piety: the presentation of the nature of piety and impiety along with a defended definition successfully supported in a rational argument. Are piety and justice the same thing: not necessarily, though piety is a part of justice.
