Plato's Euthyphro

Plato's Euthyphro is one of his earliest known dialogues. Before Socrates has his court trial for allegations on worshiping gods not approved by the state, he encounters Euthyphro a young man who is believed to know plenty about religion. Euthyphro is proceeding with a number of charges against his father, mainly that of manslaughter. Socrates stated that Euthyphro wasn't clear on what is holy and what was unholy in aspect of what Euthyphro was doing, Socrates did not understand the philosophy behind Euthyphro's actions but wished to learn from him. During their talk, some definitions of piety were described by Euthyphro, they were also

argued by Socrates.

Euthyphro claims to understand fully the divine law of piety and impiety. However, through the dialogue he offers four definitions of piety, some that contradict the other. Socrates continued to find flaws in each of his definitions and kept trying for a complete answer. "piety