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Euthyphro has brought criluinal charges against his father for the killing of a slave. Socrates encounters hilu in court before the trial, and after the two have agreed that bringing such charges raises the issue of filial piety, Socrates asked Euthyphro to explain to him the standard of holiness which justifies his suit. Euthyphro first begs the question by replying that what he is doing is holy; pressed by Socrates, he offers a definition of the holy as that which is pleasing to the gods. But Socrates, after pointing out that the gods often disagree among theluselves, raises the subtler question of whether what is holy pleases the gods.

Richards, Science and Poetry (New York: Norton, 1926); A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic (London: Gollancz, 1936); C. L. : Yale University Press, 1944). 6. Cf. Blanshard's comparison of F. H. Bradley and T. H. Green, On Philosophical Style, p. 54. 7. For analysis of the systematic problems of genre, cf. P. Hernadi, Beyond Genre (Ithaca, N. : Cornell University Press, 1972), and J. P. : Pennsylvania State Press, 1978); and on genres in philosophy, J. : Pennsylvania State Press, 1971), and S.

J. Ong, Interfaces of the Word (Ithaca, N. : Cornell University Press, 1977). 4. , B. Eichenbauln, "The Theory of the Fonnal Method," in L. Matejka and K. LT. Press, 1971), and J. Mukarovsky's lnore restricted version of the san1e concept in "The Place of the Aesthetic Function among the Other Functions," in Structure, Sign, and Function (New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1978). 5. E. , the standard statements in 1. A. Richards, Science and Poetry (New York: Norton, 1926); A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic (London: Gollancz, 1936); C.

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