Works by Plato

[de Silentio]

Originally Posted by midas77

Just wondering did Socrates gave a definite answer here, or is it just the same "flimsical" way most of the Dialogues end?

I don't think Socrates ever gives an answer. As he said himself, he isn't capable of producing the possitve.

All he did in this dialogue was show that Euthyphro had no idea what piety was, and if Euthyprho, a renowned priest, doesn't know what piety is, how are the judges or his accusers going to know. Two devices that Socrates uses in his discussions are Ignorance of Definition and Contradiction. Euthyprho falls victim to both (and rather quickly).