Great Dialogues of Plato - Dialog: Euthyphro

Socrates is going to court and runs into a buddy, Euthyphro, who is known to be knowledgeable about religion. Euthyphro says “What is dear to the gods is holy, and what is not dear to them is unholy” But Gods fight and what is dear to one is not for the other. Socrates suggest that the holy is loved by the gods because it is holy and it is not because they love it that it is holy. They go round in a circle of thought and end the conversation without an answer. Never the less its one of the better dialogs I have read.

More times than not the journey is where the fun is found. It is not where I end up that makes biking fun, its not where I die that is going to make my life worth living. I rather not reach the end, tease it till I’m too tired to push it any farther. Is that what is happening right now? Feeling a bit lazy and tired :)

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