Sunday, September 14, 2008
In Euthyphro, Plato is most concerned with the effect of intelligence and the effect of opinions upon society, along with how can a person define something as completely correct or incorrect. Euthyphro starts off with Socrates explaining why he was having his indictment to Euthyphro. Socrates believes the indictment charged against him from Meletus is “perhaps first cleaning us out, the corrupters of the weak sprouts as he asserts” (42). Socrates is stating that the older men in the city are corrupting the way the young men think, and they are beginning to influence their opinions upon them. This proves Plato believed in the spreading of knowledge and intelligence, and he believes opinions should be shared. Socrates’ stated that “the Athenians, as it seems to me, do not much care about someone whom they suppose to be clever, unless he is a skillful teacher of his own wisdom” (43). Plato is trying to convey here that intelligent people are only appreciated for their knowledge if it is shared with everyone. People believed that knowledge should be shared between everyone, so each person has the same wealth of knowledge. However, Plato’s main concern was distinguishing what the correct answer is in moral situations. Plato proves his point when Socrates tries to figure out what pious and impious is. Euthyphro believed that pious was pleasing the Gods, so that whatever the Gods would be pleased with is morally correct, but Socrates’ does not understand, because something can both be pious and impious to the Gods. Plato is conveying that there is no a concrete correct answer to anything moral, not even the intelligent can distinguish the incorrect and correct. Plato was trying to convey that not even the intelligent have a solution for every problem, and how can we be certain they have the correct answer.
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