Different Definitions of the Word "Pious" Depicted in Plato's Socratic Dialog Euthyphro

Plato's Socratic Dialogue, Euthyphro is the prototype of the philosophy that Socrates is considered to be interesting in many ways. In it (as in the most classical "Socrates dialogue"), Socrates looks for someone who claims to have some form. Knowledge then continued to show that these experts did not have this knowledge and made them contradictory. With this in mind, I will explain three definitions of the word "devout" Euthyphro gave to Socrates and the definition of Socrates for each of these definitions.

In Euthyphro in Plato's five dialogues, Socrates and Euthyphro said "What is godliness?" Euthyphro answered some of the devout definitions of Socrates, but none of the answers is to Socrates It did not seem to satisfy. Socrates will discuss this for each definition Euthyphro gives to Socrates. One of the attempts by Euthyphro to define religion is "How much pious and devout to God" (7a, page 11). This definition was answered as Socrates wanted, but Socrates was still dissatisfied with the correct answer to this definition. This led the Euthyphro to say that "devotion is loved by all Gods, all gods hate it, on the contrary, it is pious" (9e, p. 14). In other words, since honor is loved by God, it is loved by people and loved by God. Socrates opposed Euthyphro who was convinced again that at this point he made a good statement.

Socrates began to oppose the definition proposed by Euthyphro and asked him a question: "Are devout men loved by godliness because of godliness or are they being loved in good faith?" And denied the second of the two alternatives, but Euthyphro could not understand the problem. Socrates agreed to "create more clearly" ("say normally") and then create the most confusing part. Socrates' explanation, you may have noticed that Euthyphro seems a bit surprised that he was unaware that he could not refuse the second option according to his definition. If "godly" is defined as "all beloved" God, in a sense it is "natural", but this is because godly devoutness is loved. But I think you can easily understand why Euthyphro can not expect this to be realized.