The dialogue at times moves in a circle, criticizing and analyzing in order to understand the question, “what is piety,” rather than answering it specifically. Is there really an answer to this, or did Socrates manage to find so many flaws that there is no true definition? Another interesting question gets raised in the dialogue: “Is an act holy because the gods love it or do the gods love it because it is holy?” This leads us to question if an act is intrinsically right or wrong, or if the act is simply perceived to be right or wrong, based on the perceiver. Who makes the rules here?
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I would argue that none of the gods are holy, therefore there is no true answer to this question.
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