Knowing they self is something that is accomplished throughout one’s entire life. It is a journey one goes on. Socrates said, “the unexamined life is not worth living” by this he said that people should focus on guiding their own lives and morals. “Know thyself is a very popular term that originally meant “a maxim urging people to keep their particular places within society and to carry out their corresponding duties.” (World Ethics, pg 3). Socrates created his own interpretation of this. He gave it the meaning for people to analyze and learn about themselves. If one reflects on themselves they will acquire more self-knowledge which will then bring out their morals. If one has more knowledge about themselves when it comes to their strengths …show more content…
Socrates asks Euthyphro to define it, but Socrates does not accept any of his answers. Euthyphro is charging one of his family members with a crime because they have done something wrong. He uses this as his first definition of piety when he states piety is doing as I am doing.” (World Ethics, pg 7-8) Socrates does not accept this definition because it is an example and not a definition of it.
The second definition is not accepted by Socrates either because he believes that Euthyphro made a mistake in thinking. Euthyphro states that Piety is “that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.” (World Ethics, pg 8-9) Socrates brings up the point that what is dear to one god may not be dear to another which is why he does not accept the definition.
The third definition of piety which stated, “what all the gods love is pious and holy, and the opposite which they all hate, impious.” (World Ethics, pg 10-11) was also not accepted by Socrates because he goes on figure out if the pious or holy is is beloved by the gods because it is holy or if it is holy because it is beloved by the gods. After all three definitions are given, Socrates is not satisfied with any of them and he does not come to a conclusion with Euthyphro which leaves the question about what piety means on the …show more content…
Whatever idea you have leads to knowledge and these ideas are considered the unchanging truth until you try and recreate them as a real or physical thing. The same thing applies to the idea of the good. You cannot gain knowledge without some idea of what the good is or what is moral. A good person has good ideas and ideas that are moral. Like the book says, “Moral virtue, then, is ultimately a matter of knowledge.” (World Ethics, pg 15) When it comes to the forms, it is referring to all the different interpretations, using the senses, of the original idea one has in their