Topic > Critical analysis of Euthyphro's maxims of good...

In his dialogue with Euthyphro, Socrates uses several techniques to make Euthyphro listen to his opinion on why Euthyphro's definition was not complete and therefore he did not it would be enough to use in your defense in court. One of the techniques, for example, is the use of rhetorical questions. Socrates uses questions like “isn't it so?” (79) or “Should I tell you why?” (78) Or even “You don't think so?” (78). Questions like these provide feedback to the speaker whether or not people are listing, or whether they are actually following the speaker's thought process. Unfortunately, since Euthyphro was so blinded by his own opinion he would give it to Socrates. Moreover, Euthyphro's blindness was so great that he attributed the inconsistency of his definition to Socrates when he said: "he was so blind that