Euthyphro

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... E--5 A. n-otov Ti--d'Mcov; The subject of the dialogue is rather Saiiv re Kal ixoaiav than eucre/&s re nal dcre/fts: it is presently stated more precisely in 5 D. evaefih and dcre/9es are used here on account of the preceding d7e£e(as: so infra in 12 E. Of the two words Saiov and eweftte, Sincw is the wider, evaeftes denoting more especially the fulfilment of religious obligations: but throughout the dialogue evaefieiv and aativ are used as the verbs corresponding to Saiov and aviaiov. On the difference between irouis Tis and 7ro?os Cobet remarks: "differunt enim certo usu iroios et irofo's m, ut jroios cum irrisione dicatur--Tto?os p.dyetpos;--iroMs ns ubi serio quaeritur de alicuius personae aut rei ingenio, indole, natura aut genere" (Nov. Lect. p. 276). D 30. rj oi raVtv itrnv--Ovdo-iov elvcu. See for rairrbv note on ro E below. Here and in 6 D--E Plato uses language which he afterwards used in connection with the theory of Ideas: but in neither passage is it necessary to suppose that the Ideas are already part of the Platonic doctrine. See Introd. p. xxviii. What Plato means is this: Saiov is always and everywhere the same, possessed of some one form (ISia) or character: similarly with avoaiov: and these two, Saiov and avoaiov, are always and everywhere the opposites of one another. So far there is nothing that goes beyond the Socratic doctrine of Xo'701. 3T. Outo avrip: with Tuvtov. The juxtaposition of avrbs alrrov is regular: Rep. Ill 411 c dvSpetorepos yiyveraj, ouVAs oiroO. Beware of taking airo with Saiov in the sense of 'The Idea of Piety'. 32. irovtJs IvavrCov. So the Mss. Schanz reads Tov roivavTiov: but irav tovmvrlov in Plato is generally used adverbially. The /tV is concessive; the unholy, while...