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The Five Dialogues: The Story Of Euthyphro

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In the novel The Five Dialogues the story of Euthyphro discusses two different sides of what pious and impious is and how to apply critical thinking into solving the problem. Although, the real question is what Euthyphro and Socrates think of what the true definition of pious and impious. The word pious in a society means that they are devoted to god. So when Socrates went to court of being charged of impiety by Meletus which he then encounters Euthyphro who was about to prosecute is father for accidentally killing a man who was one of his workers. Euthyphro claims that he is being holy and that he isn’t doing anything wrong about turning his father in for murder. Shifting from one claim to another, Euthyphro doesn’t know what he wants. Socrates

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