Dialogue

 1 Euthyd|       while the rest of us were silent and amazed. Euthydemus,
 2 Euthyd|         not?~Here Ctesippus was silent; and I in my astonishment
 3 Euthyd|    Greek), ‘the speaking of the silent,’ the silent denoting either
 4 Euthyd|    speaking of the silent,’ the silent denoting either the speaker
 5 Euthyd|      are.~‘Is a speaking of the silent possible? “The silent” denotes
 6 Euthyd|       the silent possible? “The silent” denotes either the speaker
 7 Euthyd| Ctesippus.~Or a speaking of the silent?~That is still more impossible,
 8 Euthyd|         do you not speak of the silent?~Not when I pass a smithy;
 9 Euthyd|       to tell me how you can be silent when speaking (I thought
10 Euthyd|      was present).~When you are silent, said Euthydemus, is there
11 Euthyd|   things, then the speaking are silent.~What, said Ctesippus; then
12 Euthyd|         then all things are not silent?~Certainly not, said Euthydemus.~
13 Euthyd|       is whether all things are silent or speak?~Neither and both,