PHIL 111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Innatism, Adventitiousness, Ontological Argument
27 Jan 2014
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Dialogue set in 480 bce, socrates died in 399 bce (so one year before his death) Piety def: dutifulness in religious matters and devotion to one"s family, especially parent/father. However, in athenian times, you never put your father in jail (not pious, duh). Lyceum: famous sports ground in athens, place well known for philosophical discussions. Euthyphro thinks his dad"s murder of a servant is impious, so he put his dad in jail. Euthyphro surprised to find socrates at porch instead of lyceum. Shows that euthyphro is not familiar with athenian practices. *physical description of meletus shows he wants to bring charges upon others, but doesn"t pay attention to appearance. Socrates uses irony to say the meletus will be successful, then states nature of impiety charge: Neologian (new) views, which put him in danger among his peers. Euthyphro is at risk of being just as impious as socrates.
