Dialogue

 1 Intro|   dialogue which is called by his name. Theaetetus himself is not
 2 Intro|         term ‘Sophist’ is not the name of a particular class, and
 3 Intro|       possession of an honourable name which they have assumed,
 4 Intro|       professes has already a bad name; and the words of the young
 5 Intro|           Sophists having an evil name; that, whether deserved
 6 Intro|        agreed, he says, about the name Sophist, but we may not
 7 Intro|         desires to have a general name, which shall distinguish
 8 Intro|       identify them; but then the name will be either the name
 9 Intro|           name will be either the name of nothing or of itself,
10 Intro|           or of itself, i.e. of a name. Again, the notion of being
11 Intro|           which are worthy of the name are not mere opinions or
12 Intro|         described under a similar name is a figure. Freedom and
13 Intro|         logical skeleton with the name of philosophy and almost
14  Soph|            and assign one to each name?~THEODORUS: I dare say that
15  Soph|         are only agreed about the name, but of the thing to which
16  Soph|           which we both apply the name possibly you have one notion
17  Soph|          and not merely about the name minus the definition. Now
18  Soph|  appropriately called by a single name.~THEAETETUS: What do you
19  Soph|         you mean? And what is the name?~STRANGER: He who brings
20  Soph|          us sum them up under the name of productive or creative
21  Soph|           Yes, that is the proper name.~STRANGER: Seeing, then,
22  Soph|        force may have the general name of hunting?~THEAETETUS:
23  Soph|          things having no special name, except some sorts of diving,
24  Soph|         the water has the general name of fishing.~THEAETETUS:
25  Soph|          when summed up under one name, may be called striking,
26  Soph|  Theaetetus, can find some better name?~THEAETETUS: Never mind
27  Soph|        THEAETETUS: Never mind the name—what you suggest will do
28  Soph|          is called by the general name of barbing, because the
29  Soph|           rods:—What is the right name of that mode of fishing,
30  Soph|  understanding not only about the name of the angler’s art, but
31  Soph|  Certainly not unskilled, for his name, as, indeed, you imply,
32  Soph|        whole military art, by one name, as hunting with violence.~
33  Soph|          fairly called by another name?~THEAETETUS: To be sure.~
34  Soph|         STRANGER: And what is the name? Will you tell me?~THEAETETUS:
35  Soph|         as I conceive, the proper name for the class described.~
36  Soph|          you not call by the same name him who buys up knowledge
37  Soph|   learning must be called by some name germane to the matter?~THEAETETUS:
38  Soph|          Of course.~STRANGER: The name of art-seller corresponds
39  Soph|          must try and tell me the name of the other.~THEAETETUS:
40  Soph|          we are seeking; no other name can possibly be right.~STRANGER:
41  Soph|      properly called by some such name as violent.~THEAETETUS:
42  Soph|      THEAETETUS: Yes, that is the name.~STRANGER: And of disputation,
43  Soph|       hitherto had no distinctive name, and does not deserve to
44  Soph|       each of these two classes a name.~THEAETETUS: Let us do so.~
45  Soph|    THEAETETUS: That is the common name for it.~STRANGER: But now
46  Soph|          not that art to have one name?~THEAETETUS: And what is
47  Soph|       THEAETETUS: And what is the name of the art?~STRANGER: The
48  Soph|       mean.~STRANGER: There is no name for the first kind of separation;
49  Soph|           the better, I do know a name.~THEAETETUS: What is it?~
50  Soph|       comprehended under a single name.~THEAETETUS: What are they,
51  Soph|           they, and what is their name?~STRANGER: There is the
52  Soph|           question concerning the name which was to comprehend
53  Soph|         allowed to have a general name for all other purifications,
54  Soph|  THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: What name, then, shall be given to
55  Soph|      professor of any art has one name and many kinds of knowledge,
56  Soph|        things which have the same name with them; and he can deceive
57  Soph|       THEAETETUS: Let that be the name.~STRANGER: And what shall
58  Soph|        and yet call by the single name of image, as though it were
59  Soph|       that all things are many in name, but in nature one; this
60  Soph|      perhaps you mean to give the name of ‘being’ to both of them
61  Soph|        irrational to admit that a name is anything?~THEAETETUS:
62  Soph|      STRANGER: To distinguish the name from the thing, implies
63  Soph|         yet he who identifies the name with the thing will be compelled
64  Soph|   compelled to say that it is the name of nothing, or if he says
65  Soph|         if he says that it is the name of something, even then
66  Soph|          something, even then the name will only be the name of
67  Soph|         the name will only be the name of a name, and of nothing
68  Soph|        will only be the name of a name, and of nothing else.~THEAETETUS:
69  Soph|      unity, will represent a mere name.~THEAETETUS: Certainly.~
70  Soph|    affection from another, by the name of that other.~THEAETETUS:
71  Soph|         them their own particular name, and hence there are many
72  Soph|        that this has or has not a name?~THEAETETUS: It has; for
73  Soph|    connexion of words we give the name of discourse.~THEAETETUS:
74  Soph|          only, have you any other name by which to call it but
75  Soph| THEAETETUS: There can be no other name.~STRANGER: And when opinion
76  Soph|           voice, imitation is the name for this part of the phantastic
77  Soph|          and giving it a suitable name.~THEAETETUS: Let us do as
78  Soph|            Can we find a suitable name for each of them? This is
79  Soph|           the wise he will have a name which is formed by an adaptation
80  Soph|        word sophos. What shall we name him? I am pretty sure that
81  Soph|    STRANGER: Shall we bind up his name as we did before, making