Dialogue

 1 Euthyf|         that in other cases the act precedes the state; e.g.
 2 Euthyf|    precedes the state; e.g. the act of being carried, loved,
 3 Euthyf|       between the state and the act, corresponding respectively
 4 Euthyf| philoumenon and phileitai). The act is prior to the state (as
 5 Euthyf|        loved is preceded by the act of being loved. But piety
 6 Euthyf|     holiness is preceded by the act of being pious, not by the
 7 Euthyf|         being pious, not by the act of being loved; and therefore
 8 Euthyf|         they dispute about some act which is called in question,
 9 Euthyf|       agree in approving of his act? Prove to me that they do,
10 Euthyf|       be sure to prove that the act is unjust, and hateful to
11 Euthyf|         being loved follows the act of being loved, and not
12 Euthyf|        being loved, and not the act the state.~EUTHYPHRO: Certainly.~
13 Euthyf|         that when you do a holy act you make any of the gods