# Euthyphro

By Plato.

"Euthyphro" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written around 399 BC. Set outside an Athenian court, it follows Socrates as he awaits trial for impiety. He encounters Euthyphro, a confident prophet prosecuting his own father for murder. Socrates asks Euthyphro to define piety, sparking a rigorous examination that produces increasingly refined definitions—yet none prove satisfactory. Their discussion culminates in a famous dilemma about the gods' relationship to goodness, launching a debate that continues millennia later. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Benjamin Jowett
- Subjects: Classical literature; Piety -- Early works to 1800; Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC; Philosophy, Ancient

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