Dialogue

 1 Euthyf|       that ‘Piety is what is dear to the gods, and impiety
 2 Euthyf|   and impiety is what is not dear to them.’ But may there
 3 Euthyf|    And therefore what may be dear to one god may not be dear
 4 Euthyf|   dear to one god may not be dear to another, and the same
 5 Euthyf|    father, Euthyphro, may be dear or pleasing to Zeus (who
 6 Euthyf|      therefore that which is dear to the gods is dear to the
 7 Euthyf| which is dear to the gods is dear to the gods because it is
 8 Euthyf|  loved of them because it is dear to them. But the pious or
 9 Euthyf|  loved by them because it is dear to them. Here then appears
10 Euthyf|      but what is pleasing or dear to them; and this is the
11 Euthyf|      me.~SOCRATES: And I, my dear friend, knowing this, am
12 Euthyf|       then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety
13 Euthyf| impiety is that which is not dear to them.~SOCRATES: Very
14 Euthyf|     thing or person which is dear to the gods is pious, and
15 Euthyf|     and are both hateful and dear to them?~EUTHYPHRO: True.~
16 Euthyf|      SOCRATES: Well then, my dear friend Euthyphro, do tell
17 Euthyf|      to be also pleasing and dear to them.’ And therefore,
18 Euthyf|  SOCRATES: And that which is dear to the gods is loved by
19 Euthyf| SOCRATES: Then that which is dear to the gods, Euthyphro,
20 Euthyf|  SOCRATES: But that which is dear to the gods is dear to them
21 Euthyf| which is dear to the gods is dear to them because it is loved
22 Euthyf|  loved by them because it is dear to them.~EUTHYPHRO: True.~
23 Euthyf|      same with that which is dear to God, and is loved because
24 Euthyf|     holy, then that which is dear to God would have been loved
25 Euthyf|     have been loved as being dear to God; but if that which
26 Euthyf|    God; but if that which is dear to God is dear to him because
27 Euthyf|      which is dear to God is dear to him because loved by
28 Euthyf|     piety really is, whether dear to the gods or not (for
29 Euthyf|  gods, but not beneficial or dear to them?~EUTHYPHRO: I should
30 Euthyf|    is repeated that piety is dear to the gods?~EUTHYPHRO:
31 Euthyf|     this the same as what is dear to them—do you see?~EUTHYPHRO:
32 Euthyf|  impiety. Speak out then, my dear Euthyphro, and do not hide