Piety In Euthyphro's Trial

Over the course of the dialog from the beginning to the end Socrates was trying to teach Euthyphro. So may ask why, it because Euthyphro was the laugh of the town in Athens. He proclaimed he knew something even though was was wrong. He never admitted he was wrong. This in turn made everyone not take Euthyphro seriously. When he in process of starting a lawsuit against his father we don’t know if he at the end when he storms off, if he already started the suit or was going to be didn’t. Plato leaves this on the table for discussion. Did Socrates change Euthyphro's minds or did he storm off because he couldn’t admit he was wrong about suing his father. From the beginning of the dialog when Socrates has to explain over and over the difference between indictment and a lawsuit. This shows that Euthyphro doesn’t know what he is talking about. And get confused countless times. This shows the how inconclusiveness Euthyphro is. This is why Socrates enlist …show more content…
Euthyphro display his indeterminateness over and over when he gives his definition of what is piety. His first definition is “What I am doing now, to proceed against whoever does injustice regarding murder or theft of scard things… in turn castrated his own father because of such thing … I proceed against my father when he done injustice” (Plato Euthyphro P. 46-47) Euthyphro using Zeus as his model. Just as Zeus bound his father Euthyphro is bounding his father. This is what Euthophyro believes but Zeus did it for survivability. While Euthyphro is doing it for justice. Euthyphro says he is is imtaining the gods. What is appropriate for Zeus is appropriate for Euthyphro. This is very arrogant to compare himself to the gods. Euthyphro isn't answering the question just giving an example. He telling Socrates what he thinks not what piety is. This is one example of Socrates dismantling Euthyphro argument, showing how a little reasoning can go a long