Socrates 'Euthyphro Argument'

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The Euthyphro Argument
In the Euthyphro, Plato has Socrates, his student, explain the argument that “Holiness” cannot be defined as “whatever (all) the gods love”. Euthyphro is a priest in the story where he is supposed to know a great deal about his preaching. Then through some conversation, Euthyphro expresses that it is holy it is loved by the multiple gods. He claims that “Holy” is loved by the gods because it is “Holy,” and it’s the case that being holy is because the gods love it.
Essentially the third definition of holiness according to Socrates was that the Gods love things because they are holy, and that things are not holy because the Gods love them. That means that things or actions are already holy and then Gods love them,

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