{"product_id":"euthyphro-large-print-edition","title":"EUTHYPHRO: Large Print Edition","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the steps of an Athenian courthouse, a philosopher stops a man on his way to prosecute his own father for murder — and asks him, with devastating simplicity, what holiness actually is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the porch of the King Archon's court in Athens, Socrates is waiting to face the charges that will eventually cost him his life: impiety and the corruption of youth. He encounters Euthyphro, a religious expert and professional diviner who is there on a very different errand — he has come to prosecute his own father for the accidental death of a servant, a decision his family regards as impious and his society regards as scandalous. Euthyphro, however, is entirely confident in his own righteousness: he knows, he insists, exactly what piety requires, and he is doing it. Socrates, with the gentle, implacable curiosity that has made him the most dangerous conversationalist in Athens, asks him to explain. What follows across the nine brief sections of this dialogue is one of the most beautifully constructed philosophical demolitions in the entire Western tradition — a sustained, patient, and ultimately devastating examination of every definition of piety that Euthyphro can produce, each definition shown, in turn, to be circular, incomplete, or self-contradictory, until Euthyphro — who arrived at the courthouse with the confidence of a man who has all the answers — departs having not only failed to define holiness but having discovered, for the first time, that he does not know what it is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the great short philosophical dialogues — an introduction to Socratic method, a masterclass in the exposure of unexamined belief, and the source of one of the most enduring problems in the philosophy of religion: the Euthyphro dilemma, which asks whether something is holy because the gods love it, or whether the gods love it because it is holy. Benjamin Jowett's celebrated English translation renders Plato's crisp, dramatic Greek prose with the clarity and philosophical seriousness that have made his translations the standard English versions for more than a century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in classical philosophy, the Socratic method, the philosophy of religion, or the great tradition of philosophical dialogue. This Large Print Edition presents the complete, unabridged text in a generously sized, highly readable typeface designed to reduce eye strain and offer a comfortable reading experience for all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45926220562623,"sku":"ee50a604-0b62-4f0f-a359-60cb948e8768","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/978c148ec8289aadd1327e905e5ce876.jpg?v=1785264169","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/euthyphro-large-print-edition","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}