ABSTRACT
The readers should have seen the looks they gave him; they thought he was only doing it to spite them! Plato c. Although he thought and argued about ethics and politics, Socrates did not enter political life. In this climate of intrigue and violence, Socrates refused to illegally arrest the wealthy foreigner Leon of Salamis. Euthyphro does not immediately articulate a definition, but instead gives examples of different pious actions. Socrates gently chides him that he did not ask for examples, but for the form that makes all actions pious. In modern terms, Socrates is leading Euthyphro to concept attainment. Socrates guides the shared investigation through inductive questioning. Typically Socrates and his acquaintance or friend will examine and reject several definitions of a concept, and in the end, they will not find a satisfactory one.
