INTRODUCTION TO THE EUTHYPIIRO steals from the temples or does any such thing, whether he be your father or your mother or anyone ot prosecuting conc The second definition offered by Euth phro is emended until it takes the form(9 E)"What ove is holy, and on the other hand what they all hate is unholy. The question then el a it, or the gods love it because it is holy. Cause and effect are discussed. In an attempt to arrive at a third definition, Euthyphro founders hopelessly, whereupon Socrates shows how terms may be defined by referring a species to a genus. Finally Euthyphro states(12 E) that "the part of the right which has to do with attention to the gods consti tutes piety and holiness. H to get him to tell what attention the gods require what end human service to the gods has in view In this he does not succeed, and the dialogue ends with this question unanswered Instruction in methods of thinking may perhaps seem needless to modern read ever, may find it interesting, and in Plato's times it was undoubtedly necessary. Such instruction occu pies an important place in most of the Platonic logues. In the Euthyphro the correct method of thinking is illustrated and inculcated in the course definitions offered by Euthyphro are rejected the third is left unchallanged, though a further limita tion is demanded. It may therefore be regarded as Digitized by Microsoft (BINTRODUCTION TO THE EUTHYPHRO steals from the temples or does any such thing, whether he be your father or your mother or anyone else ; and not prosecuting him is unholy." This reply leads at once to the proof that a particular example does not constitute a definition of a general concept. The second definition offered by Euthy￾phro is emended until it takes the form (9 E) u What all the gods love is holy, and on the other hand, what they all hate is unholy." The question then arises whether a thing is holy because the gods love it, or the gods love it because it is holy. Cause and effect are discussed. In an attempt to arrive at a third definition, Euthyphro flounders hopelessly, whereupon Socrates shows how terms may be defined by referring a species to a genus. 1 Finally Euthyphro states (12s) that "the part of the right which has to do with attention to the gods consti- tutes piety and holiness." Hereupon Socrates tries to get him to tell what attention the gods require, what end human service to the gods has in view. In this he does not succeed, and the dialogue ends with this question unanswered. Instruction in methods of thinking may perhaps seem needless to modern readers ; even they, how￾ever, may find it interesting, and in Plato's times it was undoubtedly necessary. Such instruction occu￾pies an important place in most of the Platonic dialogues. In the Euthyphro the correct method of thinking is illustrated and inculcated in the course of an attempt to define piety or holiness. The two definitions offered by Euthyphro are rejected ; the third is left unchallanged, though a further limita- tion is demanded. It may therefore be regarded as 1 S lie note