Plato, Euthyphro, section 10d

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[10d]

Euthyphro
It is loved by all the gods, is it not, according to what you said?

Euthyphro
Yes.

Socrates
For this reason, because it is holy, or for some other reason?

Euthyphro
No, for this reason.

Socrates
It is loved because it is holy, not holy because it is loved?

Euthyphro
I think so.

Socrates
But that which is dear to the gods is dear to them and beloved by them because they love it.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 1 translated by Harold North Fowler; Introduction by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.

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