HOW WOULD SOCRATES RESPOND TO ABRAHAM'S BEHAVIOR

How would Socrates respond to Abraham's behavior?

How would Socrates respond to Abraham's behavior?

This reading Euthyphro would fight the charges of impiety leveled against Socrates. It will set to answer some basic questions about the Socratic piety, which arise, and are not satisfied, repeat the testimony of Apology, Crito and Phaedo. We know that Socrates was accused of introducing new gods and corrupting youth. Indeed, the first words of the Euthyphro, "This is unprecedented, Socrates", warns us that something new is introduced here. But what the true position of Socrates about the gods? How does he regard the Homeric gods?

Plato's Euthyphro is a dialogue between Socrates and the juvenile 'prophet' Euthyphro out-of-doors the court in Athens just before Socrates is to proceed to trial. As Socrates has been charged by the Athenians with 'impiety', and as Euthypho claims to understand piety perfectly Socrates, sarcastically, asks the younger man to explain "what is piety and what is impiety? Having at first stated that he can easily characterise 'piety' as well as "many other stories about divine matters"it soon becomes clear that Euthyphro has no concept what piety is and no clear concept about "that accurate information" of the will of the gods he boasts of repeatedly.

Before he met Socrates, Plato intended on pursing a career as a playwright and in the Euthyphro acareful book book book reader will realise the talent of the comic dramatist. While primarily bragging that he understands everything about piety, it becomes clear, after four different definitions of the notion are presented, that Euthyphro knows not anything of piety other than the accepted delineation he has been educated by other ones, most notably the very father he is now prosecuting for impiety.

Euthyphro selects to prosecute, contending that he must ...