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