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Just consider this question:—Is that which is holy loved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is loved by the gods?Euthyphro
I don't know what you mean, Socrates.Socrates
Then I will try to speak more clearly. We speak of being carried and of carrying, of being led and of leading, of being seen and of seeing; and you understand—do you not?—that in all such expressions the two parts differ one from the other in meaning, and how they differ.Euthyphro
I think I understand.Socrates
Then, too, we conceive of a thing being loved and of a thing loving, and the two are different?Euthyphro
Of course.
I don't know what you mean, Socrates.Socrates
Then I will try to speak more clearly. We speak of being carried and of carrying, of being led and of leading, of being seen and of seeing; and you understand—do you not?—that in all such expressions the two parts differ one from the other in meaning, and how they differ.Euthyphro
I think I understand.Socrates
Then, too, we conceive of a thing being loved and of a thing loving, and the two are different?Euthyphro
Of course.
