All that I have said is Socrates' pursue of virtue. His fundamental care is the find of the Good, absolutely essential theme, where lies the end. But this search is not something easy, and its difficulty exceeds the ability of one man. An alliance is required, and that makes the query fruitful. That is true dialogue.
Dialogue consists simply in making a common .
Hence the great dialecticians too are great philologists. This is clearly stated in Euthyphro , where the discussion about piety takes place. And this question is not easy, because it is not simple to decide whether to accuse one owns father in a court belongs to piety or not. Euthyphro has done that, because he believes that he knows what piety is. After having a conversation with Socrates, it is clear that the problem is more complicated than it once seemed and its solution is not indifferent.