Dialogue

 1 Parme|        they are only portions of smallness or equality?’ ‘Impossible.’ ‘
 2 Parme|         equality or greatness or smallness inhering in them in addition
 3 Parme|         Let us begin by assuming smallness to be inherent in one: in
 4 Parme|         in a part. If the first, smallness is either coextensive with
 5 Parme|        greater than the one. But smallness thus performs the function
 6 Parme|      same contradiction follows: smallness will be equal to the part
 7 Parme|         than the part; therefore smallness will not inhere in anything,
 8 Parme|           and except the idea of smallness there will be nothing small.
 9 Parme|       objects, but greatness and smallness will be relative only to
10 Parme|         motion, or greatness, or smallness, or equality, or unlikeness,
11 Parme|      participating in greatness, smallness, equality is urged against
12 Parme|          us to have a portion of smallness; this is but a part of the
13 Parme|       another, or if the one had smallness and the others greatness,
14 Parme|         greatness and the others smallness—whichever kind had greatness
15 Parme|       greater, and whichever had smallness would be smaller?~Certainly.~
16 Parme|      such ideas as greatness and smallness; for if they were not they
17 Parme|        How could they?~If, then, smallness is present in the one it
18 Parme|          one?~Of course.~But can smallness be equal to anything or
19 Parme|      functions?~Impossible.~Then smallness cannot be in the whole of
20 Parme|     which it is.~Certainly.~Then smallness will not be in anything,
21 Parme|        anything small but actual smallness.~True.~Neither will greatness
22 Parme|          impossible, seeing that smallness is wholly absent.~True.~
23 Parme|       only greater than absolute smallness, and smallness is only smaller
24 Parme|          absolute smallness, and smallness is only smaller than absolute
25 Parme|       have neither greatness nor smallness; nor have greatness or smallness
26 Parme| smallness; nor have greatness or smallness any power of exceeding or
27 Parme|        has neither greatness nor smallness.~Clearly not.~Then if the
28 Parme|     having neither greatness nor smallness in itself, it will neither
29 Parme|          If greatness is not, if smallness is not, or anything of that
30 Parme| inequality implies greatness and smallness?~Yes.~Then the one, if of
31 Parme|        nature, has greatness and smallness?~That appears to be true.~
32 Parme|          true.~And greatness and smallness always stand apart?~True.~
33 Parme|          which has greatness and smallness also has equality, which
34 Parme|         appear, of greatness and smallness and equality?~Clearly.~Further,
35 Parme|     clear.~And therefore neither smallness, nor greatness, nor equality,