Dialogue

 1 Euthyf|     to them. But the pious or holy is loved by the gods because
 2 Euthyf|   gods because it is pious or holy, which is equivalent to
 3 Euthyf|   better. But how do pious or holy acts make the gods any better?
 4 Euthyf|       what they love pious or holy; and what some of them love
 5 Euthyf|    the gods love is pious and holy, and the opposite which
 6 Euthyf|       is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because
 7 Euthyf|     by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved
 8 Euthyf|   gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of
 9 Euthyf|        Because it is pious or holy, or for some other reason?~
10 Euthyf|     It is loved because it is holy, not holy because it is
11 Euthyf|       because it is holy, not holy because it is loved?~EUTHYPHRO:
12 Euthyf|       gods, Euthyphro, is not holy, nor is that which is holy
13 Euthyf|    holy, nor is that which is holy loved of God, as you affirm;
14 Euthyf|        I mean to say that the holy has been acknowledged by
15 Euthyf|    loved of God because it is holy, not to be holy because
16 Euthyf| because it is holy, not to be holy because it is loved.~EUTHYPHRO:
17 Euthyf|   Euthyphro, if that which is holy is the same with that which
18 Euthyf|    and is loved because it is holy, then that which is dear
19 Euthyf|       him, then that which is holy would have been holy because
20 Euthyf|       is holy would have been holy because loved by him. But
21 Euthyf|    you say that when you do a holy act you make any of the
22 Euthyf|   Were we not saying that the holy or pious was not the same
23 Euthyf|       is loved of the gods is holy; and is not this the same