Dialogue

1 Repub|      of science is knowledge (assuming that to be the true definition),
2 Repub|      from injustice and vice; assuming them both to be such as
3 Repub|      about possibilities; but assuming that what they desire is
4 Repub|       possibility at present. Assuming therefore the possibility
5 Repub|       say no more about them; assuming then the existence of the
6 Repub| solids. ~True, he said. ~Then assuming that the science now omitted
7 Repub|    Yes. ~Then we may begin by assuming that there are three classes