Plato, Euthyphro, section 14d

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[14d] and praying is asking from them?

Euthyphro
Exactly, Socrates.

Socrates
Then holiness, according to this definition, would be a science of giving and asking.

Euthyphro
You understand perfectly what I said, Socrates.

Socrates
Yes, my friend, for I am eager for your wisdom, and give my mind to it, so that nothing you say shall fall to the ground. But tell me, what is this service of the gods? Do you say that it consists in asking from them and giving to them?

Euthyphro
Yes.

Socrates
Would not the right way of asking be to ask of them what we need from them?

Euthyphro
What else?

Socrates
And the right way of giving, to present them with

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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