Εὐθύφρων

Euthyphro

Author

Plato

Language

Classical Attic Greek

Year

c. 399-395 BC

Country

Classical Athens

Genre

Speech / Dialogue

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Euthyphro, is a philosophical work by Plato written in the form of a Socratic dialogue set during the weeks before the trial of Socrates in 399 BC. In the dialogue, Socrates and Euthyphro attempt to establish a definition of piety. This however leads to the main dilemma of the dialogue when the two cannot come to a satisfactory conclusion. Is something pious because the gods approve of it? Or do the gods approve of it because it is pious? This aporetic ending has led to one of the longest theological and meta-ethical debates in history.