In euthyphro socrates demonstrates

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In euthyphro socrates demonstrates that all the gods do no approve of the same things; therefore the definition of piety as "what the gods love" cannot stand. What does Euthyphro reply to this. What refinement does he make to his definition? How does Socrates reject this refinement?

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