The Role of “Form” in Socratic Epistemology: A Philosophical Analysis

 

At 6d in Euthyphro, Socrates rejects his interlocutor’s definition of piety in the following way: “I did not bid you tell me one or two of the many pious actions but that form itself that makes all pious actions pious.” What does Socrates mean by “form itself” and what role does the notion of a “form” play in Socratic epistemology?