Euthyphro by Plato
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"Euthyphro" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written around 399 BC. Set outside an Athenian court, it follows Socrates as he awaits trial for impiety. He encounters Euthyphro, a confident prophet prosecuting his own father for murder. Socrates asks Euthyphro to define piety, sparking a rigorous examination that produces increasingly refined definitions—yet none prove satisfactory. Their discussion culminates in a famous dilemma about the gods' relationship to goodness, launching a debate that
continues millennia later. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE |
|---|---|
| Translator | Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 |
| Title | Euthyphro |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro |
| Credits | Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Classical literature |
| Subject | Piety -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC |
| Subject | Philosophy, Ancient |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1642 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 1999 |
| Last Update | Jan 16, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2606 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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