Truth In Plato's Cratylus, By Plato

What is truth? This is one question that's been trying to be answered since the beginning of time. And there are many theories on what it is. In this essay I will tell you about some of the Stories that the famous philosopher Plato wrote and talk about his view and mine on the question. Some will say truth can be different for the individual and in this essay i will argue that that statement is false. Truth is truth it doesn't matter what you throw at it truth is still truth.
At the start of this semester we read a very informal text by Plato which was called “Plato's Cratylus “ and the story behind that text is Plato and Hermogenes started discussing where did names come from and they went on a long discussion about it and talked about how …show more content…
Socrates had to go to court because he was accused for corrupting the youth for making them question the so called “Truth” at the time. While Socrates was outside the courthouse he runs into a guy named Euthyphro. Euthyphro Was at court to pursue charges on his father for murder but his dad didn't murder the guy. His father forgot about the guy and he died in a ditch but the guy was tied up in a detch for killing someone already, but meletus believes he is so pious that the god would want him to put his father in jail. Socrates then goes on to ask Euthyphro about piety mocking him. Euthyphro quoted in the text “Piety is doing as I am doing; that is to say, prosecuting anyone who is guilty of murder, sacrilege, or of any similar crime-whether he be your father or mother, or whoever he may be-that makes no difference; and not to prosecute them is impiety.” (Plato) Euthyphro believe what he was doing was right because murder is murder in his eyes but obviously it was not right because it was not the father's fault that the man died. What Socrates was trying to get Euthyphro to see is that what he is doing can not be pious because he doesn't even know what pious really is or what the gods really see as …show more content…
Pluto goes into a dialogue about this “ Now if once again, along with those who had remained shackled there, the freed person had to engage in the business of asserting and maintaining opinions about the shadows -- while his eyes are still weak and before they have readjusted, an adjustment that would require quite a bit of time -- would he not then be exposed to ridicule down there?” (Plato) what he is that there are many was the other prisoners could take what he is say and the could think he is just making things up to fool them. Plato's then goes on to state his final thoughts about the the allegory he write “ SOCRATES: And if they can get hold of this person who takes it in hand to free them from their chains and to lead them up, and if they could kill him, will they not actually kill him? GLAUCON: They certainly will.”