Euthyphro:
In the dialogue of Euthyphro, records when Euthyphro thinking he knows it all is being humbled by a much wiser person called Socrates. I think this is dialogue shows how people that think hey know it all can be shown the light by the Socratic method. Socrates and Euthyphro get in this heated conversation about what is piety. And with each suggestion he gives Socrates finds a fault and then turns it around on him, ending up with like 10 definitions for piety. Socrates is being accused of many things like not believing in the gods, corrupting the youth, etc. So he ask Euthyphro what is the meaning of piety in hopes that his explanation will help him with his own case, he starts by saying piety is doing what he is doing, convicting someone that did wrong doesn’t matter who it is. Socrates argues this by saying there are many other pious acts. So he changes his definition to saying that pious is what is dear to the gods and impiety is what is not dear to them. Socrates is satisfied that this answer is a little more general, but he says the if they disagree in a number or a magnitude, then the gods do argue too and do not agree on everything. Then he changes to piety is what the loves agree as holy, so is it piey what the gods agree is holy or do the gods agree cause is holy? That’s the question, and in the end we are left with the same question of what is piety?
The Apology:
In the Apology, when people read the title I thought he was going to apologize to the city of Athens for the way he acted and accept the charges. But instead he gives an argument telling the people that he is not guilty of any of this and that the youth only admire his way of thinking, and his only meaning was to show that some of the truly wise man were really ...