Dialogue

 1 Euthyf|        the act of being carried, loved, etc. precedes the state
 2 Euthyf|          state of being carried, loved, etc., and therefore that
 3 Euthyf|         gods because it is first loved of them, not loved of them
 4 Euthyf|         first loved of them, not loved of them because it is dear
 5 Euthyf|         But the pious or holy is loved by the gods because it is
 6 Euthyf| equivalent to saying, that it is loved by them because it is dear
 7 Euthyf|           Piety is that which is loved of the gods,’ is shipwrecked
 8 Euthyf|           and the state of being loved is preceded by the act of
 9 Euthyf|     preceded by the act of being loved. But piety or holiness is
10 Euthyf|          not by the act of being loved; and therefore piety and
11 Euthyf|     piety and the state of being loved are different. Through such
12 Euthyf|     means to say that the words ‘loved of the gods’ express an
13 Euthyf|        are hated by the gods and loved by the gods, and are both
14 Euthyf|          would seem that what is loved by the gods is also hated
15 Euthyf|   SOCRATES: Is not that which is loved in some state either of
16 Euthyf|    instances; the state of being loved follows the act of being
17 Euthyf|         follows the act of being loved, and not the act the state.~
18 Euthyf|    according to your definition, loved by all the gods?~EUTHYPHRO:
19 Euthyf|          reason.~SOCRATES: It is loved because it is holy, not
20 Euthyf|           not holy because it is loved?~EUTHYPHRO: Yes.~SOCRATES:
21 Euthyf|     which is dear to the gods is loved by them, and is in a state
22 Euthyf|          and is in a state to be loved of them because it is loved
23 Euthyf|      loved of them because it is loved of them?~EUTHYPHRO: Certainly.~
24 Euthyf|        nor is that which is holy loved of God, as you affirm; but
25 Euthyf|         acknowledged by us to be loved of God because it is holy,
26 Euthyf|         to be holy because it is loved.~EUTHYPHRO: Yes.~SOCRATES:
27 Euthyf|       dear to them because it is loved by them, not loved by them
28 Euthyf|         it is loved by them, not loved by them because it is dear
29 Euthyf|     which is dear to God, and is loved because it is holy, then
30 Euthyf|      dear to God would have been loved as being dear to God; but
31 Euthyf|       God is dear to him because loved by him, then that which
32 Euthyf|     would have been holy because loved by him. But now you see
33 Euthyf|   theophiles) is of a kind to be loved cause it is loved, and the
34 Euthyf|          to be loved cause it is loved, and the other (osion) is
35 Euthyf|         and the other (osion) is loved because it is of a kind
36 Euthyf|    because it is of a kind to be loved. Thus you appear to me,
37 Euthyf|   essence—the attribute of being loved by all the gods. But you
38 Euthyf|          same with that which is loved of the gods? Have you forgotten?~
39 Euthyf|          not saying that what is loved of the gods is holy; and