#euthyphro

[myfoodishappiness]

reading plato, and the funniest thing is when euthyphro quickly rushes off to avoid socrates because he had enough of his bullshit. fully made me cackle because i know he was secretly thinking to himself, 'damn no wonder you're getting prosecuted.'

[croutonconfidentialkb]

socrates spoke in converse logic statements just to fuck with euthyphro after euthyphro couldnt give a straight answer to the true nature and form of piety and wouldnt shut up about how he was going to court to prosecute his father for murder and the gods would agree with him

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Is something morally right because God commands it, or does God command it because it is morally right?

Right because God commands it. This conclusion would indicate that God has determined what is right or wrong arbitrarily and no moral principle is self-evident.

God commands it because it is right. This conclusion would indicate that what is morally right is independent of God’s commands. Moral standards are sovereign from God and there is morality without God.

Valid moral philosophy cannot be contingent on arbitrary standards. The alternative conclusion means God is neither necessary nor sufficient for morality. This Socratic argument invalidates the Divine Command Theory as an effective moral philosophy.

The religious claim to morality doesn’t work.

[pro-philosopher]

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That's it. That's the message.

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Okay, that's not really *it*, just trying to avoid waxing poetic about how excited I am to FINALLY get our weird philosophical attorney-like game out again. Despite all the extra time we've put into upgrading it, we're still planning to release for FREE (truly free, though IDK maybe we'll sell the soundtrack). If you wanna help us with Steam's almighty algorithm, spread the word and throw us a wishlist?

[lovelessloverss]

Euthyphro By Plato

[whencyclopedia]

Plato's Euthyphro: Piety & Pretension & a Playwright's Skill

The Dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato (l. 428/427-348-347 BCE) have exerted such an extraordinary influence over western thought and culture for the past 2,000 years that readers in the modern day frequently approach his works as philosophical icons. The Republic is routinely taught in col...

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[satisfied-cone]

ok so im writing this paper on plato and its going alright-ish, perhaps too slowly, but ill manage. its about piety and music, and how socrates making poems is actually him praying to apollo and or the muses, and how the divine madness is the object of the trade between gods and men from euthyphro. the gods give divine madness and people use it to worship the gods. does that make sense? any pagans here have an opinion?

[honeyxew]

Okay, I’m truly obsessed with Plato’s writings about Socrates! Like 90% of the dialogues are people just pretending to follow Socrates’s insane ramblings, and then they leave knowing LESS than what they started with! At least Glaucon listens…