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Euthyphro   Plato
Plato’s dialogue about the nature of piety. Socrates has been accused of being impious, and he encounters “his friend” Euthyphro coming from the courts. Euthyphro proves to be a self-righteous fool under Socrates’ questioning, and as such a mirror of the Athenian piety laws. The beginning of Socrates’ end. First in a series of dialogues I’m reading about his trial and death. Good to be reading philosophy.