PHIL 2020 Lecture Notes - Meletus, Sophist, Arete (Moral Virtue)
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Euthyphro and meletus think that they know they have knowledge, especially about the gods. Euthyphro assumes that socrates cannot be persecuting anyone because he doesn"t know he is always going around asking questions and telling people he does not know. Meletus is accusing socrates of corrupting the youth and telling lies about the gods. This implies that meletus does know about the gods and the truth. Euthyphro promises to show everyone something it will dawn upon everyone what piety is when they see it. Socrates says that they will understand if he shows them well and their attention will be focused. He then says that a thought came to him while euthyphro had been speaking shows that he was not showing him well because he had other thoughts while e was speaking. Socrates says that piety keeps moving, so he wants to try to tie it to justice.
