Euthyphro

Socratic dialogue treating piety and justice

Euthyphro (Ancient Greek: Εὐθύφρων, romanized: Euthyphrōn), 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?

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