Euthyphro

by Plato

Overview

Euthyphro is one of Plato's early dialogues, dated to after 399 BC. Taking place during the weeks leading up to Socrates' trial, the dialogue features Socrates and Euthyphro, a religious expert also mentioned at Cratylus 396a and 396d, attempting to define piety or holiness.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014560528
Publisher:	Philtre Libre
Publication date:	04/19/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	24 KB

About the Author

Plato was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.