Exegesis Paper 1

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Cornick 1 Brandon Cornick Dr. Aleksander Santrac Foundations of Philosophy (PL 201*22) 6 October 2022 Exegesis Paper #1 Socrates States "But if the god-loved and the pious were really the same thing, my dear Euthyphro, then, if the pious were loved because it's pious, what's god-loved would in turn be loved because its god-loved; and if what's god-loved were god-loved because it was loved by them. But, as it is, you can see that the two are related in opposite way, as things entirely different from one another. For one of them is lovable because its loved, whereas the other is loved because its loveable." (11a pg.14) In this passage, the debate between Socrates and Euthyphro leads them to analyze the concept and definition of piety. Euthyphro believes that piety should be accepted by the Gods. While on the other hand, Socrates disagrees, expressing that what pleases one does not satisfy all. Euthyphro argues by stating piety is to please the Gods through our actions and one must give praise to the most high. The inference that Euthyphro makes is irrelevant by disregarding the question at hand on whether something is pious because the gods love it or that the gods love something because it is pious. Socrates continues to build onto his argument by acknowledging the nature of piety, objecting to Euthyphro's statement by showing that the love that gods love heavily depends on holiness rather than piety. Socrates goes on to rephrase his question by asking Euthyphro what he believes the definition of holiness means to him rather than how the gods interpret holiness. Euthyphro puzzled, states "But Socrates, I have no way of telling you

Cornick 2 what I have in mind. For whatever proposals we put forward keep somehow moving around and won't stay put." (14). The contribution of Holiness and Piety share similarities with the involvement of Morality within human nature. Morals tend to relate to the standards of people's perspective, determining what they see as either right or wrong. Humans go through internal and external influences in our lives. In the early stages of our lives, our outlook on situations was already determined by those who had more authority or wisdom than us. But, as we get older we form to shape our own opinions on whether we see something as right or wrong. Piety is not given through the gods love but rather through our holiness. The satisfaction of the gods is not determined based on what they believe is right and wrong, but instead to form our ideas on whether something is morally right or wrong.

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