Plato

After reading just these few pages in the Texts on Socrates, it is clear to me that Plato is a frim believer in following the rules to the t. The big example of this is the conversation where Euthyphro talks to Socrates about how he is prosecuting his father for murdering a laborer of Euthyphro. However, whenever Socrates is shocked and questions what Euthyphro is doing, Euthyphro responds in telling a story of where Zeus castrated his own father because he gulped down his sons and other things he did without justice. Also the argument about how to follow what the gods want also shows that Plato cares about how to follow the rules that are given to him. Socrates brings up the interesting point that "Whatever is dear-to-the-gods is also hateful-to-the-gods, as is likely, which means not all the gods agreed on what was right and wrong on different situations. So if you decide to follow one of the gods rules, it is most likely that you will be breaking at least one of the gods rules on the same situation. It is very obvious that Plato is very caught up in what the rules are and how they should be interpreted and followed by just reading the first few pages of the Texts on Socrates.