Dialogue

 1 Parme| These ‘surds’ of metaphysics ought to occasion no more difficulty
 2 Parme|  Parmenides, as to whether I ought to include them or not.~
 3 Parme|    being such as we say they ought to be, must remain unknown,
 4 Parme|     you, as Zeno says that I ought, and we are alone. Where
 5 Parme|   one?~True.~But, surely, it ought to be one and not many?~
 6 Parme|      be one and not many?~It ought.~Then, if the one is to
 7 Parme|    if it is to touch itself, ought to be situated next to itself,
 8 Parme|  that in which itself is?~It ought.~And that would require
 9 Parme|    Certainly.~2.a. Well, and ought we not to consider next
10 Parme|      the one is not?~Yes; we ought.~What is the meaning of