Euthyphroa. Be familiar with the characters and the plot.

b. How do Euthyphro and Socrates differ with respect to their attitudes to the myths about them?

c. How does Euthyphro justify himself at first?

d. What kinds of issues does Socrates raise concerning Euthyphro’s claim to know what is pious?

e. What kind of definition of piety does Socrates want from Euthyphro? What does it mean to look for the “form” of something? How is this activity public as opposed to private?

f. How does Euthyphro’s definition of piety change in response to Socrates’ questioning?

g. What is the key problem that Socrates raises concerning Euthyphro’s proposed definition of piety that “an action is pious if and only if all god’s love it”?

h. What problem does this dialogue present concerning appeals to authority?

i. What is the dialogue meant to show about how Plato understands philosophy?

j. What is the allegory of Plato’s Cave?

k. What is the allegory of Plato’s Cave meant to show?