No. 74 (2026): Enero-abril
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Piety and Its Essence in Plato’s Euthyphro

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  • Hendrik Lorenz
Hendrik Lorenz Princeton University

Published 2025-10-31

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Lorenz, H. (2025). Piety and Its Essence in Plato’s Euthyphro. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, 74, 111-131. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v740.3348

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Abstract

This article analyzes Socrates’ rejection of Euthyphro’s third definition of the pious as that which all the gods love. Socrates distinguishes between two arguments: one that refutes the claim that being loved by all the gods is the essence of piety, and another one that shows that the pious and being dear to the gods are not the same. Socrates introduces an explanatory hierarchy: the pious explains being loved by the gods, which in turn explains being dear to the gods. This shows that the pious cannot be defined as being loved by the gods, since it lacks the requisite explanatory profile.

 

Keywords

  • piedad,
  • dioses,
  • amado por los dioses,
  • caro a los dioses,
  • jerarquía explicativa,
  • esencia,
  • atributo,
  • Eutifrón,
  • Sócrates,
  • Platón
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