PHIL 1000 Study Guide - Virtuous Circle And Vicious Circle, Greek Mathematics, Reductio Ad Absurdum
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Meletus has indicted him, and knows about the gods. Euthyphro is prosecuting someone as well, so he must know too, he is prosecuting his own dad. It doesn"t matter who he is prosecuting, just the crime. The many thing that the dad did no wrong, but euthyphro thinks he did. Piety is loved by the gods, piety=god loved. This all means nothing, euthyphro doesn"t know what piety is. Socrates is upset that he learned nothing from euthyphro. Meletus has charged him with telling lies about god and corrupting the youth. Socrates life has spanned the time of the war. He is questioning whether or not what athens is doing is right. Socrates already has a reputation for being a smartass. Socrates says he doesn"t know, but he does know one thing. He is also surprised that meletus told the jury not to be persuaded by such a speaker. Socrates is not a speaker, he is a questioner.
