The topic of my paper is the philosophy of Socrates. Specifically I will discuss Socratic irony and the Socratic method of inquiry. The main points I will cover are; what was Socratic irony‚ and why did he use the method he did to seek the truth? My paper consists of three main parts. First a description of the more important books by Plato‚ about Socrates; sines Plato is the main source for information about Socrates. The second part is an analysis of the texts‚ focusing on the above stated topics
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In the Euthyphro by Plato‚ Socrates and Euthyphro debate the concept of piety and how it relates to the common man. Piety‚ or justice‚ is a topic that has challenged men since the beginning of time‚ as it is subjective to many outside forces including personal beliefs‚ culture and ethics. In this paper I will discuss how Socrates provoked Euthyphro in a debate to challenge Euthphyro’s views on piety as well as explain my own views on the subject and offer a counter debate using a Socratic response
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Euthyphro In this essay I will explain the concept of the holiness emerges and why it takes a prominent position in the conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro. I will also explain the three definitions that Euthyphro uses in his response to Socrates and then present Socrates’s refutation of each of Euthyphro definitions. Also this essay will test my ability to develop my own argument as to what I think Socrates’s goal is in this dialogue. How do you know that is his goal? What features of
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Euthyphro Socrates is impressed by the fact that Euthyphro is willing to perform his duty even though it means taking action against a member of his own family. Without any further discussion of the case involving Euthyphro ’s father‚ Socrates is anxious to pursue the nature of piety since this is related to the fact that Meletus has accused him of the crime of impiety. This is why he asks Euthyphro‚ "What is piety?" Euthyphro answers that piety is acting the way he is acting in bringing charges
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Arguments in Euthyphro and Knowledge about Piety Introduction Euthyphro is written by Plato which is an explicit example of definitional dialogue of Socrates. The written piece intends to define the concept of piety or holiness. Socrates came to know that Euthyphro is going to prosecute his father accused of a murder and was defending his action to be pious. This urged Socrates to ask a clear definition of piety from Euthyphro which leads to the series of dialogues. Euthyphro tries to define
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Euthyphro is one of Plato’s earliest dialogues of Socrates and Euthyphro. The dialogue took place just before Socrates’ trial in 399 BC between Socrates and Euthyphro – a man of strong religious belief. When Socrates found out that Euthyphro is laying a charge against his father for being impious‚ he then questions Euthyphro the meaning of piety and impiety as he is unsure himself; because he is confused as to why he is facing a charge for being impious. Euthyphro suggests four definitions of what
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The Euthyphro Problem Many controversial problems in society still remain unanswered today. One such problem in philosophy is where goodness originates from. In Plato’s dialogue‚ Euthyphro‚ the question is asked as to whether “Piety is good because the gods love it‚ or do the gods love piety because it is good?” Changing the question around a little yields the question as to whether something is good because God wills it to be good or if God calls it good because it is already good. For most religious
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Euthyphro Plato’s Euthyphro is the dialogue of Socrates and Euthyphro. Socrates requests that Euthyphro teaches him the meaning of piety‚ when Socrates finds out that Euthyphro is persecuting his father for being impious. Euthyphro offers four definitions for what piety is‚ all of which are analyzed by Socrates‚ and then turned down by him in turn. The pious is to prosecute the wrongdoer and to not persecute is impious. This is the first definition that Euthyphro offers to Socrates as a
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impossible situation. Euthyphro tries to argue against Socrates’ criticism by pointing out that not even the gods would disagree amongst themselves that someone who kills without justification should be punished but Socrates argues that disputes would still arise over just how much justification there actually was and therefore the same action could still be both pious and impious. Socrates yet again believes Euthyphro’s ’definition’ cannot possibly be a definition. Euthyphro attempts to overcome
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The Socratic Method is to engage someone over the meaning of some term or idea‚ and then to cross-examine the opponent until a clear definition is achieved and cannot be refuted. This key idea has both strengths and weaknesses‚ which will be discussed in this paper. One strength of the Socratic Method is that an important meaning can be found by asking simple questions through discussion. The questions and answers develop into dialogue to search for an answer. Asking questions such as ’why?’ really
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