0063 Euthyphro 14a

15 ott 2022 · 14 min.

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When pressed to explain what the gods actually do in their therapeia, Euthyhphro avoids the question but actually reveals an important aspect of the holy. Humans, subservient to the gods,...

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When pressed to explain what the gods actually do in their therapeia, Euthyhphro avoids the question but actually reveals an important aspect of the holy. Humans, subservient to the gods, pray and do things pleasing to the gods, and these things are holy; things displeasing to the gods are disrespectful and unholy. It is up to the court of the archon basileus to turn away the anger of the gods in cases of potential disrespect (murder, not believing the gods exist), since angry gods do not provide affected households, or the polis as a whole, with the many and fine things which gods are able to provide. Hence Euthyphro's obsession with miasma.

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