entions were never questioned because of the obvious, free-of-charge regard for philosophy.Specifically, Socrates considered the question of how we know which actions were morally right or pious, and he opposes to the suggestion that the approval of the gods is what makes right actions right. In the Euthypro, shows Socrates engaged in an important conversation with a young man. Finding Euthypro confident Socrates asks him to define what "piety" really is but every answer Euthypro offers is subjected to the full force of Socrate's critical thinking, until nothing remains. (Internet/Crito) "Is an action loved by the gods because it is pious or is it pious because it is loved by gods?" (p.25,11b) The principles that he used when teaching others were the same throughout his life and he committed himself to those ideas. 1) We should attend to some opinions but not others (46d); to the good opinions of the wise, not bad opinions of the foolish. (47a). 2) Not life, - 4 -but a good life is to be valued, just and honorable life (48b). 3) Never injure anyone. Injuring people, even in return for injury, is always evil (49bd). This is " the basis of our deliberation". 4) One should fulfill one's just agreements with others (49e). He is a man of morals and strong opinions always in a justice fair way. At the age of seventy, there were accusations against Socrates by Meletus, a young man and minor poet who wrote tragedies and whom alone of the accusers can be visualized by a hooked nose, long hair, and a beard. Accusations that perplexed many acquaintances, colleagues, and peers and at the same time took everything away from Socrates' dignity and truth. These accusations were taken to court and the claims by Meletus; 1) Socrates was corrupting the youth. In his teachings, Socrates is stating in a round about way that one, if you are to choose your teachers for our youth, ...
