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All the ideas for 'Euthyphro', 'Prcis of 'Ruling Passions'' and 'What Metaphors Mean'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique

335	Do the gods also hold different opinions about what is right and honourable? [Plato]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor

7776	Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson]

7777	We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson]

7775	Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

11911

Some philosophers always want more from morality; for others, nature is enough [Blackburn]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

336	Is what is pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because they love it? (the 'Euthyphro Question') [Plato]

337	It seems that the gods love things because they are pious, rather than making them pious by loving them [Plato]