Dialogue

 1 Parme| careful study of the piece; at present, his thoughts have another
 2 Parme|      one of seven who are here present (compare Philebus). This
 3 Parme|       whether past, future, or present, can be affirmed of one.
 4 Parme|      participation of being in present time, ‘to have been’ in
 5 Parme|     becoming it arrives at the present; and it is always older
 6 Parme|   younger, admits of all time, present, past, and future—was, is,
 7 Parme|        strict Eristic had been present, oios aner ei kai nun paren,
 8 Parme|       or at least not in their present form, if we had ‘interrogated’
 9 Parme| careful study of the piece; at present his thoughts run in another
10 Parme| certainly do not see my way at present.~Yes, said Parmenides; and
11 Parme|   signifies a participation of present time?~Certainly.~And if
12 Parme|      divided; for it cannot be present with all the parts of being,
13 Parme|   opposed to each other and be present in that which is.~How could
14 Parme|         If, then, smallness is present in the one it will be present
15 Parme|  present in the one it will be present either in the whole or in
16 Parme|      participation of being in present time, and to have been is
17 Parme|     future, it cannot skip the present?~No.~And when it arrives
18 Parme|     And when it arrives at the present it stops from becoming older,
19 Parme|        never be reached by the present, for it is the nature of
20 Parme|     goes on, to touch both the present and the future, letting
21 Parme|     the future, letting go the present and seizing the future,
22 Parme|       becoming cannot skip the present; when it reaches the present
23 Parme|   present; when it reaches the present it ceases to become, and
24 Parme|  becoming older it reaches the present, ceases to become, and is
25 Parme|  becoming older it reaches the present?~Certainly.~But the present
26 Parme|    present?~Certainly.~But the present is always present with the
27 Parme|      But the present is always present with the one during all
28 Parme|       partake of the past, the present, and the future?~Of course
29 Parme|        in which the one is not present?~Very true.~And if we were
30 Parme|     that or other, or be past, present, or future. Nor can knowledge,