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In return, he endeavors into figuring out what it is to be pious, for his argument in Court. His attempt turns, naturally so, into a discussion on the distinction between the pious and the impious. After Euthyphro tries to argue, “that the pious is [...] to proceed against whoever does injustice.” Socrates argues that what makes us pious is our state of being pious. For example, mathematics is true, regardless of circumstances, it is true and pure. How does Socrates have a commitment to rationality? Socrates believes what is true in the world is affirmable only if it can first be made to measured. As Socrates tries to clarify, his structural thoughts are that, “ The pious is not the same as the impious, but most opposite.” Furthermore, he gives examples such as the just and the unjust, the noble and shameful, and good and bad. Socrates seeks neutrality through binary opposites. If one thing is something it cannot be its opposite as well. Which is why Euthyphro responds by “ I would say that the pious is whatever