PHIL 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Euthyphro Dilemma, John Calvin, Christian Reformer
26 Feb 2021
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"the safest general characterization of the philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to plato. " Phaedo: widely considered a master prose stylist, our excerpt is taken from the dialogue euthyphro. That is, his works generally take the form of discussions or debates about philosophical topics such as the nature of justice or morality, love, the soul, etc. The main character is plato"s teacher, socrates, who generally enters debates with local characters in order to gain a deeper insight into the subjects under discussion. Socrates was eventually tried and sentenced to death for impiety and for corrupting the youth. An apparently very religious man; claims to be an expert in religious matters. Socrates: and i, my dear friend, knowing this, am desirous of becoming your disciple. I adjure you to tell me the nature of piety and impiety, which you said that you knew so well, and of murder, and of other offences against the gods.
