Dialogue

 1 Craty|         they given by nature or convention? In the presocratic philosophy
 2 Craty|   things there is an element of convention; but the admission of this
 3 Craty|       human nature on which the convention proceeds. Socrates first
 4 Craty|         an element of chance or convention enters in. There is much
 5 Craty|     require to be helped out by convention. But still the true name
 6 Craty|       agreement: we have made a convention that the rho shall mean
 7 Craty|      the rho shall mean s and a convention may indicate by the unlike
 8 Craty|   numbers unless you allow that convention is used? Imitation is a
 9 Craty|       has to be supplemented by convention, which is another poor thing;
10 Craty|       another ‘poor creature,’— convention. But he does not see that ‘
11 Craty|        by another poor creature convention.’ But the poor creature
12 Craty|           But the poor creature convention in the end proves too much
13 Craty| correctness in names other than convention and agreement; any name
14 Craty|      anything by nature; all is convention and habit of the users;—
15 Craty|      intended by them, and that convention is the only principle; and
16 Craty|        you abide by our present convention, or make a new and opposite
17 Craty|          And what is custom but convention? I utter a sound which I
18 Craty|      true, then you have made a convention with yourself, and the correctness
19 Craty|       of a name turns out to be convention, since letters which are
20 Craty|        sanctioned by custom and convention. And even supposing that
21 Craty|         distinguish custom from convention ever so much, still you
22 Craty|       consent), then custom and convention must be supposed to contribute
23 Craty|       allow that which you term convention and agreement to have authority
24 Craty|        by the mechanical aid of convention with a view to correctness;