Euthyphro (Part III)

 

Socrates: What is your case, Euthyphro? Are you defendant or plaintiff?


Euthyphro: I am plaintiff.


Socrates: Whom do you prosecute?


Euthyphro: The one I am prosecuting makes me appear insane.


Socrates: Are you prosecuting one who has wings and can fly away?


Euthyphro: He is far from being able to fly, for he is very much advanced in years.


Socrates: Who is he?


Euthyphro: My father.


Socrates: Your father? O Best of men!


Euthyphro: He is indeed.


Plato, The Euthyphro