Dialogue

 1 Parme|        passage in Plato showing greater metaphysical power than
 2 Parme|  existence of the many involved greater absurdities than the hypothesis
 3 Parme|         as inequality implies a greater or less number of measures.
 4 Parme|      sameness of measure; nor a greater or less number of measures,
 5 Parme|        not in some, because the greater would then be contained
 6 Parme|        one and the others to be greater or less than each other
 7 Parme|       one another, they will be greater or less or equal by reason
 8 Parme|      containing the one will be greater than the one. But smallness
 9 Parme|         be equal to the part or greater than the part; therefore
10 Parme|       for greatness will have a greater;—and there will be no small
11 Parme|  therefore the others cannot be greater or less than the one; also
12 Parme|     contained, and is therefore greater and less than itself. Further,
13 Parme|     that in which a thing is is greater than the thing, the inference
14 Parme| inference is that they are both greater and less than one another,
15 Parme|         the one is equal to and greater and less than itself or
16 Parme|    parts or numbers equal to or greater or less than itself or other.~
17 Parme|        must be prior in time to greater numbers. But on the other
18 Parme|    become older or younger in a greater degree than they were at
19 Parme|         For in passing from the greater to the less it must reach
20 Parme|         to the mind exercised a greater power over thought. There
21 Parme|         the absolutely small is greater; if the absolutely small
22 Parme|         the absolutely small be greater, that to which the part
23 Parme|         will be smaller and not greater than before.~How absurd!~
24 Parme|        And is there not a still greater impossibility in that which
25 Parme|       it is equal.~True.~And if greater or less than things which
26 Parme|        fewer than that which is greater?~Yes.~And so of things which
27 Parme|      with it, the one will have greater measures than that which
28 Parme|      smaller than that which is greater.~Certainly.~But how can
29 Parme|       itself or another; nor be greater or less than itself, or
30 Parme|       in some of the parts, the greater would be in the less, which
31 Parme|       you mean?~If the one were greater or less than the others,
32 Parme|       the others, or the others greater or less than the one, they
33 Parme|      the one, they would not be greater or less than each other
34 Parme|     kind had greatness would be greater, and whichever had smallness
35 Parme|   containing the one it will be greater than the one?~Of course.~
36 Parme|         be equal to anything or greater than anything, and have
37 Parme|          it will be equal to or greater than any part in which it
38 Parme|         there will be something greater other and besides greatness
39 Parme|      absolute greatness is only greater than absolute smallness,
40 Parme|     true.~Then other things not greater or less than the one, if
41 Parme|    another; nor will the one be greater or less than them or others,
42 Parme|      Then if the one is neither greater nor less than the others,
43 Parme|      containing itself, will be greater than itself; and, as contained
44 Parme|       be less; and will thus be greater and less than itself.~It
45 Parme|     that in which it is will be greater; in no other way can one
46 Parme|      others, the others will be greater than the one, because they
47 Parme|      the same principle will be greater than the others, and the
48 Parme|      then, will be equal to and greater and less than itself and
49 Parme|   others?~Clearly.~And if it be greater and less and equal, it will
50 Parme|        is less.~True.~And being greater and less than itself, and
51 Parme|       things; inasmuch as it is greater than them, it will be more
52 Parme|      say that the lesser or the greater is the first to come or
53 Parme|    become older or younger in a greater degree than it was at first;
54 Parme|       if we add equal time to a greater and a less time, will the
55 Parme|       and a less time, will the greater differ from the less time
56 Parme|        Yes.~And when it becomes greater or less or equal it must
57 Parme|         of being destroyed, nor greater, nor less, nor equal, nor
58 Parme|       appeared to pass from the greater to the less without having