Dialogue

 1 Parme|      that no ancient writing of equal length and excellence is
 2 Parme|       to them; or that small or equal objects are small or equal
 3 Parme|      equal objects are small or equal because they are only portions
 4 Parme|          neither can the one be equal or unequal to itself or
 5 Parme|       others.~Once more, Is one equal and unequal to itself and
 6 Parme|         less than each other or equal to one another, they will
 7 Parme|      will be greater or less or equal by reason of equality or
 8 Parme|    coextensive with the one, is equal to the one, or if containing
 9 Parme|      follows: smallness will be equal to the part or greater than
10 Parme|          and they are therefore equal to one another. And this
11 Parme| relation to itself: one will be equal to itself as well as to
12 Parme|   another. Therefore the one is equal to and greater and less
13 Parme|    measures or parts or numbers equal to or greater or less than
14 Parme|       than itself but during an equal time with itself, and is
15 Parme|        first by the addition of equal times. But, on the other
16 Parme|        than they have. And when equal time is added to a longer
17 Parme|   hypothesis; and one cannot be equal to the others; for that
18 Parme|         and the others would be equal to one and like one; both
19 Parme|      which is not, then, if not equal is unequal to the others,
20 Parme|         the appearance of being equal with the fractions. For
21 Parme|   conceivable?~No.~Or will each equal thing, if possessing some
22 Parme|      than absolute equality, be equal to some other thing by virtue
23 Parme|       nature, it can neither be equal nor unequal either to itself
24 Parme|         Why, because the one if equal must be of the same measures
25 Parme| measures as that to which it is equal.~True.~And if greater or
26 Parme|     measures, the one cannot be equal either with itself or with
27 Parme|        one measure, it would be equal to that measure; yet it
28 Parme|         the same at all, nor be equal to itself or another; nor
29 Parme|        than the one, into parts equal to the one; the one is never
30 Parme|        True.~Further—is the one equal and unequal to itself and
31 Parme|         equality, they would be equal to one another, or if the
32 Parme|    course.~But can smallness be equal to anything or greater than
33 Parme|    whole will recur; it will be equal to or greater than any part
34 Parme|         on an equality, must be equal.~Of course.~And this will
35 Parme|         on an equality with and equal to itself.~Certainly.~Then
36 Parme| Certainly.~Then the one will be equal both to itself and the others?~
37 Parme|          The one, then, will be equal to and greater and less
38 Parme|         be greater and less and equal, it will be of equal and
39 Parme|        and equal, it will be of equal and more and less measures
40 Parme|     parts?~Of course.~And if of equal and more and less measures
41 Parme|        the others, and likewise equal in number to itself and
42 Parme|        with that to which it is equal, and that than which it
43 Parme|       and less than itself, and equal to itself, it will be of
44 Parme|        to itself, it will be of equal measures with itself and
45 Parme|    parts?~It will.~And being of equal parts with itself, it will
46 Parme|          it will be numerically equal to itself; and being of
47 Parme|   number; and inasmuch as it is equal in size to other things,
48 Parme|        other things, it will be equal to them in number.~Certainly.~
49 Parme|      one will be in number both equal to and more and less than
50 Parme|   longer time than itself or an equal time with itself?~An equal
51 Parme|      equal time with itself?~An equal time.~But if it becomes
52 Parme|         it becomes or is for an equal time with itself, it is
53 Parme|       consider again; if we add equal time to a greater and a
54 Parme|        from the less time by an equal or by a smaller portion
55 Parme|    great as at first, but if an equal time be added to both of
56 Parme|    differ from each other by an equal number, the one cannot become
57 Parme|      becomes greater or less or equal it must grow or diminish
58 Parme|         from small to great and equal and back again, it will
59 Parme|    neither small nor great, nor equal, nor in a state of increase,
60 Parme|      nor greater, nor less, nor equal, nor have they experienced
61 Parme|       It must.~Again, it is not equal to the others; for if it
62 Parme|      the others; for if it were equal, then it would at once be
63 Parme|     cannot.~But since it is not equal to the others, neither can
64 Parme|       neither can the others be equal to it?~Certainly not.~And
65 Parme|         And things that are not equal are unequal?~True.~And they
66 Parme| particle will be imagined to be equal to the many and little;