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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1111 words (4.44 pages) in the essay titled Socratic Piety You were on the point of doing so, but you turned away. If you had given that answer, I should now have acquired from you sufficient knowledge of the nature of piety. (Euthyphro 14c) To understand why Socrates was tormenting Euthyphro throughout this dialogue and why he considers himself to be the god s gift to you (Apology 30e), it is necessary to first examine what Socrates himself believes the nature of piety is. Through a careful analysis of Socrates own words in the Euthyphro, Apology, and Protagoras, it is possible to come to a concrete conclusion of what Socrates viewed the virtue of piety to be.If we can accept Socrates contributions to the Euthyphro, then he believed that piety was some sort of service to the gods, like a craftsman helping the gods to produce something good. (Brickhouse and Smith 66) The problem with this definition is that Euthyphro never suitably elaborates on what it is exactly that a pious person is able to produce in serving the gods. His finally ejaculates the almost laughable many fine things, Socrates (Euthyphro 13e) in an attempt to ward off any further questions making piety almost seem as some kind of system of exchange between the gods and men. Socrates believes that piety is not an art of commercial exchanges between gods and men since the gods require no gifts from us while we are in need of the gifts they have to offer. (Vlastos 174) Furthermore, Socrates rejects Euthyphro s attempts to define piety as something dea... |
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Keywords: define piety, socrates euthyphro, apology, pious person, commercial exchanges, careful analysis, protagoras, brickhouse, socratic, craftsman, loosely, virtue, acquired, dialogue