EPISODE · Jul 6, 2021 · 19 MIN
Euthyphro EP1
from Understanding Plato · host Laurence Houlgate
In Episode 1, Laurence Houlgate, author of Understanding Plato, shows how the character Socrates uses the "elenchus" method to refute the character Euthyphro's four definitions of the idea of piety. The elenchus is one of the early attempts to move philosophy away from unsupported guesses about the behavior of the gods to arguments based on logic.
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