PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Enumerative Definition, Circular Definition, Euthyphro Dilemma
12 Aug 2020
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Euthyphro is on his way to court to prosecute his own father. Believes it is morally right, or "pious" (see intro. ) Broad use of the word piety, as is the use of the word justice in the republic. Aporetic dialogue: ends in a philosophical impasse piety: holiness. Republic- bk i- justice (dikaon) socrates the ironist. Irony= the expression of one"s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. Socrates at the beginning of the apology. E has all this knowledge that socrates wants to learn. If he were to just make the person seem that they could help by helping. Example: go to church with shoes on. What makes a thing what it is. Ex: what makes a chair a chair not a table saw. Essence: what makes a thing the kind of thing it is. Piety is do what i"m doing now. To prosecute my own father even if he"s done something wrong.
