Socrates sides with the view that the Good is a separate standard to which the Gods adhere to without realising his mistakes. Socrates then advances a definition of his own and states that all pious ...

(The Conversation) — Athens was deeply polarized over big-picture questions, and Socrates was never hesitant to question both sides’ assumptions – or his own. But each dilemma usually comes down to ...

When we talk about education, and about tutoring in particular, we often speak of the Socratic method. Often what we mean when we refer to that method is simply something like a question-and-answer ...

The dilemma in the Euthyphro is historically significant in particular for monotheistic religions that hold God to be the creator of absolutely everything. If such, then God is the creator of values, ...

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Socrates was notoriously annoying. He was likened to a gadfly buzzing around while one is trying to sleep. The Oracle of Delphi declared him the wisest of all human beings. His life and death would go ...