Dialogue

 1 Parme| expressions of time, whether past, future, or present, can be affirmed
 2 Parme|              to be about to be’ in future time. And as time is ever
 3 Parme|           time, present, past, and future—was, is, shall be—was becoming,
 4 Parme|         signify a participation of future time?~Yes.~And ‘is,’ or ‘
 5 Parme|        participation of being at a future time?~Very true.~Then the
 6 Parme|         going from the past to the future, it cannot skip the present?~
 7 Parme|           both the present and the future, letting go the present
 8 Parme|            present and seizing the future, while in process of becoming
 9 Parme|         past, the present, and the future?~Of course it must.~Then
10 Parme|            or be past, present, or future. Nor can knowledge, or opinion,