Quiz 7: Plato

Socrates says to Euthyphro, "Tell me then, what is the ___________, and what is the __________, do you say?" (p. 76).

pious; impious

Euthyphro believes that there really is war among the gods. (T/F)

True

When Euthyphro tells Socrates that "the pious is to do what I am doing now," what does Socrates object?

-It is obviously impious to prosecute one's own father.

-There is no such thing as piety because there are no gods.

-Euthyphro has not explained the form that makes actions pious.

-Euthyphro is doing a pious action, but not with a pious attitude.

Euthyphro has not explained the form that makes actions pious.

Euthyphro proposes that "what is __________ to the __________ is pious, what is not is impious."

dear; gods

Socrates argues that if Euthyphro's account of piety is correct, and the gods disagree with one another, then

-All actions are pious.

-The pious man will obey the god of his own city.

-The same action will be both pious and impious.

-Zeus must settle disputed cases.

The same action will be both pious and impious.

Socrates challenges Euthyphro to explain how he knows

-Whether the gods care about him at all

-Which stories about the gods are true

-What all the gods agree on

-Whether the gods exist

What all the gods agree on

Euthyphro proposes that "the pious is what all the gods __________, and the opposite, what all the gods __________, is the impious."

love; hate

Socrates asks, "Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being loved by the gods?" What does Euthyphro answer?

-The pious is being loved by the gods because it is pious.

-The pious is pious because it is being loved by the gods.

The pious is being loved by the gods because it is pious.

Euthyphro eventually agrees with Socrates that a thing loved "is not being loved by those who love it because it is something loved, but it is something loved because it is being loved by them." (T/F)

True

Socrates says that piety can't be defined as that which the gods love, because "the one is such as to be loved because it is being loved, the other is being loved because it is such as to be loved." So which of the following statements are true, according to Socrates?

-Piety is being loved because it is such as to be loved.

-That which the gods love is such as to be loved because it is being loved.

-That which the gods love is being loved because it is such as to be loved.

-Piety is such as to be loved because it is being loved.

Piety is being loved because it is such as to be loved. & That which the gods love is such as to be loved because it is being loved.