Euthyphro

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Socratic dialogue philosophical work

Euthyphro is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of piety and the relationship between morality and the gods.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Euthyphro canonical	12
Euthyphro (character)	2
Euthyphro dilemma	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Socratic dialogue ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Plato ⓘ
canonicalStatus	standard text in philosophy curricula ⓘ
centralQuestion	Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods? ⓘ
concerns	prosecution of Euthyphro's father ⓘ
dialogueForm	elenchus ⓘ
dialogueParticipants	Euthyphro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Euthyphro (character) Socrates ⓘ
endingType	aporia ⓘ
featuresMethod	Socratic method ⓘ
focusesOn	attempts to define piety ⓘ
genre	philosophical dialogue ⓘ
hasInterpretation	challenge to divine command theory ⓘ critique of traditional Greek religion ⓘ exploration of rational basis of morality ⓘ
historicalContext	classical Athens ⓘ
influenced	ethics ⓘ metaethics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ
introducesConcept	Euthyphro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Euthyphro dilemma
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
linkedTo	trial of Socrates ⓘ
mainCharacter	Euthyphro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Euthyphro (character) Socrates ⓘ
partOf	Socratic dialogues of Plato ⓘ surface form: Platonic dialogues early dialogues of Plato ⓘ
philosophicalTheme	definition of virtue ⓘ divine command theory ⓘ holiness ⓘ moral epistemology ⓘ nature of religious duty ⓘ piety ⓘ relationship between morality and the gods ⓘ
relatedConcept	conflict between human and divine law ⓘ divine goodness ⓘ moral objectivity ⓘ religious authority ⓘ
settingCity	Athens ⓘ
settingLocation	Athenian court ⓘ
structure	aporetic dialogue ⓘ
studiedIn	ancient philosophy courses ⓘ ethics courses ⓘ philosophy of religion courses ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition	4th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Plato → notableWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Phaedo → relatedWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Apology of Socrates → relatedWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Apology → relatedWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Euthyphro → mainCharacter → Euthyphro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euthyphro (character)

Euthyphro → introducesConcept → Euthyphro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euthyphro dilemma

Euthyphro → dialogueParticipants → Euthyphro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euthyphro (character)

Laches → relatedWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Socratic dialogues of Plato → featuresCharacter → Euthyphro ⓘ

Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Platonic corpus → containsWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Hermogenes → relatedWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

Plato's Alcibiades II → relatedWork → Euthyphro ⓘ

subject surface form: Alcibiades II

writings of Plato → containsWork → Euthyphro ⓘ