Philosophy 1362E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Penia, Eryximachus, Pre-Socratic Philosophy
10 Sep 2018
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Socrates was making philosophy public reason for persisting of definitions. What does it mean to ask what is piety: look for the essence. Cause: what makes it what it is. Essence: what is the similarities in how people de ne a certain thing. Socrates asks euthyphro to de ne what piety is and why is his act pious = common essence. Objective essence in which this act shares to make it pious. The two famous horns of euthyphro"s dilemma: the pious act is being loved by the gods because it is pious, intellectualism and rationalism. Monday, september 28, 2015: the pious is pious because it is being loved by gods, divine command theory or voluntarism. Knowledge of what and how to give to gods. Kind of trading skillso the pious is what is dear to the gods going in circles. Monday, september 28, 2015: focused on love, interested in de ning love.
