Dialogue

 1 Craty|    again into words, until the picture or figure—that is, language—
 2 Craty|      man and say ‘this is year picture,’ and again, he may go and
 3 Craty|       the colours makes a good picture, and he who gives only some
 4 Craty|     imperfect one, but still a picture; so he who gives all the
 5 Craty|     the former has created the picture sounds which represent natural
 6 Craty|      distinctly perceived. The picture passes into a symbol, for
 7 Craty|     being renewed, just as the picture is brought back again in
 8 Craty|     conquest, or the like. The picture of the word which was beginning
 9 Craty|    like manner only a pleasing picture. (2) There is the fallacy
10 Craty|   colour to give effect to his picture. It would be ridiculous
11 Craty|      say to him, ‘This is your picture,’ showing him his own likeness,
12 Craty|         for the name, like the picture, is an imitation. May I
13 Craty|      gives all gives a perfect picture or figure; and he who takes
14 Craty|      away or adds also gives a picture or figure, but not a good
15 Craty|  Returning to the image of the picture, I would ask, How could
16 Craty|   could any one ever compose a picture which would be like anything
17 Craty| imitated, and out of which the picture is composed?~CRATYLUS: Impossible.~