Socrates' Euthyphro

Socrates’ Euthyphro Throughout Euthyphro, Socrates explains many examples that represent how someone can have knowledge, or lack there of, pertaining to such things as piety, virtue, justice, and practical wisdom. The first step in explaining these theories is when he has a run-in with Euthyphro. Euthyphro declares that his action toward his father (sentencing for murder of a slave) is pious and the gods appreciate it. He states that piety is something that is loved …

…does not know what knowledge is. I think that knowledge is something that can be obtained. It is something that someone can gain more and more of as they learn, being from mentors or teachers, or from past mistakes. If someone knows that they know something, then why wouldn’t they be knowledgeable. Some people can have wisdom in some areas and others can have wisdom in others. That is what makes us people…diversity.