Full Idea
Is what is pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because they love it?
Gist of Idea
Is what is pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because they love it? (the 'Euthyphro Question')
Source
Plato (Euthyphro [c.389 BCE], 10a)
Book Reference
Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.31
A Reaction
The famous Euthyphro Question, the key question about the supposed religious basis of morality. The answer of Socrates is Idea 337.
Related Idea
Idea 337 It seems that the gods love things because they are pious, rather than making them pious by loving them [Plato]