PSCI 2014 Chapter Notes - Chapter 41-61: Meletus
6 Sep 2016
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Socrates is being charged for impiety, while euthyphro is prosecuting his own father for murder: socrates asks euthyphro to teach him what the pious is. Meletus: accuses socrates for corrupting the young. Socrates is the maker of gods and does not follow the ancient gods. Euthyphro says meletus is doing injustice to socrates, he compared himself to socrates saying they are the same kind. If euthyphro; a man prosecuting his father can explain what is pious and what is not pious then he can tell the man prosecuting socrates that he has done nothing wrong so the charges can be dropped. Euthyphro is prosecuting his father for murder, his family tells him it is impious for him to do such a thing. Pious: what is allocated to the gods to men. Euthyphro"s first definition of piety: to proceed against whoever does injustice, and to not proceed against them is pious.
