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Socrates
Socrates. Then shall we examine this again, Euthyphro, to see if it is correct, or shall we let it go and accept our own statement, and those of others, agreeing that it is so, if anyone merely says that it is? Or ought we to inquire into the correctness of the statement?
Euthyphro
Euthyphro. We ought to inquire. However, I think this is now correct.
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Socrates
Socrates. We shall soon know more about this, my friend. 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
Euthyphro. I don’t know what you mean, Socrates.
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
Euthyphro. I think I understand.
Socrates
Socrates. Then, too, we conceive of a thing being loved and of a thing loving, and the two are different?
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Euthyphro
Euthyphro. Of course.
Socrates
Socrates. Now tell me, is a thing which is carried a carried thing because one carries it, or for some other reason?
Euthyphro
Euthyphro. No, for that reason.
Socrates
Socrates. And a thing which is led is led because one leads it, and a thing which is seen is so because one sees it?
Euthyphro
Euthyphro. Certainly.
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