Dialogue

 1 Parme|   likeness, great by partaking of greatness, just and beautiful by partaking
 2 Parme|    objects have a portion only of greatness transferred to them; or
 3 Parme|          a common form or idea of greatness, which you abstract.’ ‘That
 4 Parme|           in one view the idea of greatness thus gained and the individuals
 5 Parme|      comprises, a further idea of greatness arises, which makes both
 6 Parme| littleness, great by partaking of greatness, and the like. But they
 7 Parme|       cannot partake of a part of greatness, for that will not make
 8 Parme|          who compares the idea of greatness to a sail. He truly explains
 9 Parme|          by reason of equality or greatness or smallness inhering in
10 Parme|        function of equality or of greatness, which is impossible. Again,
11 Parme|       nothing small. Neither will greatness; for greatness will have
12 Parme|       Neither will greatness; for greatness will have a greater;—and
13 Parme|          or small in objects, but greatness and smallness will be relative
14 Parme|           can rest, or motion, or greatness, or smallness, or equality,
15 Parme|    difficulty of participating in greatness, smallness, equality is
16 Parme|           because they partake of greatness; and that just and beautiful
17 Parme|          that you divide absolute greatness, and that of the many great
18 Parme|         in virtue of a portion of greatness less than absolute greatness—
19 Parme|      greatness less than absolute greatness—is that conceivable?~No.~
20 Parme|        all; hence you conceive of greatness as one.~Very true, said
21 Parme|           in one view the idea of greatness and of great things which
22 Parme|    compare them, will not another greatness arise, which will appear
23 Parme|          so.~Then another idea of greatness now comes into view over
24 Parme|           over and above absolute greatness, and the individuals which
25 Parme|          smallness and the others greatness, or the one had greatness
26 Parme|         greatness, or the one had greatness and the others smallness—
27 Parme|      smallness—whichever kind had greatness would be greater, and whichever
28 Parme|       there are two such ideas as greatness and smallness; for if they
29 Parme|         and have the functions of greatness and equality and not its
30 Parme|     smallness.~True.~Neither will greatness be in the one, for if greatness
31 Parme|   greatness be in the one, for if greatness be in anything there will
32 Parme|         greater other and besides greatness itself, namely, that in
33 Parme|     itself, namely, that in which greatness is; and this too when the
34 Parme|        absent.~True.~But absolute greatness is only greater than absolute
35 Parme|        only smaller than absolute greatness.~Very true.~Then other things
36 Parme|         one, if they have neither greatness nor smallness; nor have
37 Parme|           nor smallness; nor have greatness or smallness any power of
38 Parme|         others, if it has neither greatness nor smallness.~Clearly not.~
39 Parme|         to itself; having neither greatness nor smallness in itself,
40 Parme|       suppose a person to say:—If greatness is not, if smallness is
41 Parme|            And inequality implies greatness and smallness?~Yes.~Then
42 Parme|          if of such a nature, has greatness and smallness?~That appears
43 Parme|           appears to be true.~And greatness and smallness always stand
44 Parme|         them.~Then that which has greatness and smallness also has equality,
45 Parme|     partakes, as would appear, of greatness and smallness and equality?~
46 Parme|  therefore neither smallness, nor greatness, nor equality, can be attributed