Dialogue

  1 Parme|     beyond himself. To the latter part of the dialogue we may certainly
  2 Parme|       interest; nor in the second part, where there was no room
  3 Parme|           of the whole, or of the part?’ ‘Why not of the whole?’
  4 Parme|           the whole sail, or by a part only?’ ‘By a part.’ ‘Then
  5 Parme|         or by a part only?’ ‘By a part.’ ‘Then the ideas have parts,
  6 Parme|          the objects partake of a part of them only?’ ‘That seems
  7 Parme|       makes of them in the latter part of the dialogue. He then
  8 Parme|          they cannot partake of a part of greatness, for that will
  9 Parme|           ancients respecting the part played by language in the
 10 Parme|       dialogues, to take a living part in the argument; he is only
 11 Parme|        number of parts, and every part, however great or however
 12 Parme|           then in the relation of part to a whole or whole to a
 13 Parme|          to a whole or whole to a part. But one cannot be a part
 14 Parme|         part. But one cannot be a part or whole in relation to
 15 Parme|         the not one partake or be part of one, for in that case
 16 Parme|           other than one, have no part in one, and therefore none
 17 Parme|       either in the whole or in a part. If the first, smallness
 18 Parme|          if the inherence be in a part, the same contradiction
 19 Parme|    smallness will be equal to the part or greater than the part;
 20 Parme|          part or greater than the part; therefore smallness will
 21 Parme| contemporaneous with them, for no part can be a part which is not
 22 Parme|        them, for no part can be a part which is not one. Is this
 23 Parme|       they belong; otherwise each part would be a part of many,
 24 Parme|    otherwise each part would be a part of many, and being itself
 25 Parme|         them, of itself, and if a part of all, of each one of the
 26 Parme|            which is absurd. For a part, if not a part of one, must
 27 Parme|      absurd. For a part, if not a part of one, must be a part of
 28 Parme|          a part of one, must be a part of all but this one, and
 29 Parme|         this one, and if so not a part of each one; and if not
 30 Parme|         of each one; and if not a part of each one, not a part
 31 Parme|           part of each one, not a part of any one of many, and
 32 Parme|           how of all? Therefore a part is neither a part of many
 33 Parme|     Therefore a part is neither a part of many nor of all, but
 34 Parme|           are the parts. And each part, as the word ‘each’ implies,
 35 Parme|        are parts is one, and each part is one part of the whole;
 36 Parme|         one, and each part is one part of the whole; and whole
 37 Parme|        has intimated in the first part, that the method of Zeno
 38 Parme|         and accident,’ ‘whole and part,’ a necessary place in human
 39 Parme|        very much astonished. This part of the argument appears
 40 Parme|          of the idea or else of a part of the idea? Can there be
 41 Parme|           includes each man, or a part of it only, and different
 42 Parme|   participate in them will have a part of them only and not the
 43 Parme|          smallness; this is but a part of the small, and therefore
 44 Parme|        greater, that to which the part of the small is added will
 45 Parme|           only understand a small part of the difficulty which
 46 Parme|            Why not?~Because every part is part of a whole; is it
 47 Parme|        not?~Because every part is part of a whole; is it not?~Yes.~
 48 Parme|        would not that of which no part is wanting be a whole?~Certainly.~
 49 Parme|          have parts, and then one part may be in, and another part
 50 Parme|       part may be in, and another part out of that other; but that
 51 Parme|       come into being either as a part or as a whole?~Clearly.~
 52 Parme|       being—to be simply called a part, or must the word ‘part’
 53 Parme|           part, or must the word ‘part’ be relative to the word ‘
 54 Parme|         is both a whole and has a part?~Certainly.~Again, of the
 55 Parme|       goes on for ever, and every part whatever has always these
 56 Parme|      participates in being, every part of number will also participate?~
 57 Parme|           any of these which is a part of being, and yet no part?~
 58 Parme|         part of being, and yet no part?~Impossible.~But if it is
 59 Parme|          attaches to every single part of being, and does not fail
 60 Parme|          and does not fail in any part, whether great or small,
 61 Parme|           another too.~How?~Every part is in the whole, and none
 62 Parme|         in all the parts; for the part in which it is wanting is
 63 Parme|         then in the relation of a part to a whole, or of a whole
 64 Parme|         whole, or of a whole to a part.~Clearly.~And is the one
 65 Parme|         Clearly.~And is the one a part of itself?~Certainly not.~
 66 Parme|  Certainly not.~Since it is not a part in relation to itself it
 67 Parme|     related to itself as whole to part?~It cannot.~But is the one
 68 Parme|         other, nor a whole, nor a part in relation to itself, must
 69 Parme|        not.~Again, is the not-one part of the one; or rather, would
 70 Parme|           then neither is the one part or whole of the not-one,
 71 Parme|       not-one, nor is the not-one part or whole of the one?~No.~
 72 Parme|           are not one and have no part in the one?~True.~Then they
 73 Parme|       either in the whole or in a part of the whole?~Certainly.~
 74 Parme|         one, but, if at all, in a part only?~Yes.~And surely not
 75 Parme|        And surely not in all of a part, for then the difficulty
 76 Parme|      equal to or greater than any part in which it is.~Certainly.~
 77 Parme|        whether in a whole or in a part; nor will there be anything
 78 Parme|          a beginning or any other part of the one or of anything,
 79 Parme|           of anything, if it be a part and not parts, being a part,
 80 Parme|       part and not parts, being a part, be also of necessity one?~
 81 Parme|          being together with each part—together with the first
 82 Parme|           together with the first part when that comes into being,
 83 Parme|          together with the second part and with all the rest, and
 84 Parme|        will not be wanting to any part, which is added to any other
 85 Parme|       which is added to any other part until it has reached the
 86 Parme|        each of the parts is not a part of many, but of a whole.~
 87 Parme|          mean?~If anything were a part of many, being itself one
 88 Parme|         them, it will surely be a part of itself, which is impossible,
 89 Parme|      impossible, and it will be a part of each one of the other
 90 Parme|           if of all; for if not a part of some one, it will be
 91 Parme|         of some one, it will be a part of all the others but this
 92 Parme|            and thus will not be a part of each one; and if not
 93 Parme|         of each one; and if not a part of each, one it will not
 94 Parme|        each, one it will not be a part of any one of the many;
 95 Parme|         the many; and not being a part of any one, it cannot be
 96 Parme|           any one, it cannot be a part or anything else of all
 97 Parme|   anything.~Clearly not.~Then the part is not a part of the many,
 98 Parme|            Then the part is not a part of the many, nor of all,
 99 Parme|     framed out of all—of this the part will be a part.~Certainly.~
100 Parme|           this the part will be a part.~Certainly.~If, then, the
101 Parme|       same argument holds of each part, for the part must participate
102 Parme|       holds of each part, for the part must participate in the
103 Parme|         if each of the parts is a part, this means, I suppose,
104 Parme|          But when we speak of the part participating in the one,
105 Parme|            Both the whole and the part must participate in the
106 Parme|           will be parts; and each part will be one part of the
107 Parme|         and each part will be one part of the whole which is the
108 Parme|         which is the whole of the part.~True.~And will not the
109 Parme|       participate in the one as a part, and in the one as a whole,
110 Parme|        And yet, when each several part becomes a part, then the
111 Parme|       each several part becomes a part, then the parts have a limit
112 Parme|         others as a whole, nor as part, if it be separated from
113 Parme|     partake either in whole or in part?~It would seem not.~Then
114 Parme|           if they were many, each part of them would be a part
115 Parme|           part of them would be a part of the whole; but now the
116 Parme|          nor many, nor whole, nor part.~True.~Then the others neither