Dialogue

 1 Parme| bridle-maker; by this slight touch Plato verifies the previous
 2 Parme|     which would encircle and touch the one at many points;
 3 Parme|       Again, how far can one touch itself and the others? As
 4 Parme|    itself. Nor again can one touch the other. Two objects are
 5 Parme|      which it was, and would touch it at many places and with
 6 Parme|   Again, how far can the one touch or not touch itself and
 7 Parme|     can the one touch or not touch itself and others?—consider.~
 8 Parme|     in other things it would touch other things, but in so
 9 Parme|     touching them, and would touch itself only.~Clearly.~Then
10 Parme|   inference is that it would touch both?~It would.~But what
11 Parme|    Must not that which is to touch another be next to that
12 Parme|  next to that which it is to touch, and occupy the place nearest
13 Parme|    Then the one, if it is to touch itself, ought to be situated
14 Parme|      No.~Then the one cannot touch itself any more than it
15 Parme|    It cannot.~Neither can it touch others.~Why not?~The reason
16 Parme|      is, that whatever is to touch another must be in separation
17 Parme|      to, that which it is to touch, and no third thing can
18 Parme|    Then neither does the one touch the others, nor the others
19 Parme|     one touches and does not touch itself and the others?~True.~
20 Parme|    of that which goes on, to touch both the present and the