PHIL 2020 Chapter : Phil 2020 Notes
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What is piety and impiety: answer on 6e. Cronos + rhea: greek myth (ate children b/c one would vanquish him. Rhea saves one (zeus) and he is raised in the forest, then comes back and vanquish cronos (father of time) and other gods come out of belly and vanquish him as well. ) Indicted for corrupting youth and telling lies about gods; indicted by meletus. Euthyphro: prosecuting his own father for murdering a servant that murdered another non-greek servant. What is piety? (universal definition: what i am doing, what is dear to the gods, what is dear to all the gods. Something --- being: reality of something, same, eternal. Something --- becoming: appearance of something, changes, temporary. Not pious b/c they love it, it is pious in itself, so they love it. Justice piety, generosity, courage, charity (virtues: do not define by feelings & emotions, but by number itself.
