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Euthyphro Essay Research Paper EuthyphroThe beginning of

Euthyphro Essay, Research Paper


Euthyphro


The beginning of the story was easy to understand. I could picture


Euthyphro walking up and asking Socrates what he had been doing at the


palace. He didn?t seem to be too surprised to hear that Socrates was being


impeached.


I?m not sure what I think about Euthyphro prosecuting his own


father. I suppose that for the sake of justice, it would be the right thing to


do. To judge him on terms of piety, I would have no clue how to do that. I


wasn?t really sure exactly what piety was when I began reading the story.


Quite honestly, I didn?t receive an answer either. I found myself being


pulled into the circles that Euthyphro was pulled into.


It is somewhat humorous how Socrates goes about asking Euthyphro


about the meaning of piety. He actually seems a bit condescending in his


questioning, but Euthyphro didn?t seem to notice. His character seemed to


be pleased in being thought of as an expert on the matter of piety (and


impiety). I don?t believe that Socrates expected to receive a definite answer


to his questions. The whole point seemed to be an attempt to make


Euthyphro really think about his own definitions and his position in


prosecuting his own father.


Socrates somewhat lures Euthyphro into thinking they are coming


from the same angle. It is amusing the way Socrates makes himself appear


to be a student of Euthyphro. Any reader should be able to tell after a


short time who the wiser man is.


In the very beginning of the questioning, I could actually follow


along. I understood exactly what was being said. I could also see the


entrapment that Socrates was heading toward. As an outsider, reading


with th

e ability to back up and review, I found myself chuckling as Socrates


brought Euthyphro around in circles. As I got further into the story, I also


became lost and was forced to reread many different paragraphs. As


Socrates pulled Euthyphro further into confusion, I also felt more confused.


I do think I was able to sort out a few points, though.


I understood the question raised concerning issues that were loved


and hated by the gods. It was a good idea. In a polytheistic society, how


could the people choose which issues to follow, if some were to be loved by


certain gods and hated by others? Euthyphro didn?t actually answer that


question well. He reverted to his own trial against his father.


I became totally lost in the whole discussion of carrying, becoming,


and suffering. I tried to sort through that multiple times, but couldn?t seem


to grasp his point. I?m not really sure Euthyphro ever understood that part


either.


I did understand the point made about holy, loved, and dear.


Euthyphro thought he understood them too, but when Socrates brought


them up in the end, they were right back at the beginning where they


started.


Even though Socrates never got a definite answer from Euthyphro


concerning piety and impiety, I believe he accomplished his goal. I truly


don?t think he ever expected to walk away with a sound interpretation of


piety and impiety. Perhaps he already knew the correct meanings. The


goal of the conversation could have simply been to confuse Euthyphro into


confronting his own ideas and beliefs. I would have been frustrated in that


situation. I have been in a class before when no one seemed to understand


my questions, and the questions went unanswered.

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