Dialogue

 1 Intro|         of the state of mind and opinion which they are intended
 2 Intro| imaginary impersonation of false opinion. Yet he denies the possibility
 3 Intro|         the possibility of false opinion; for falsehood is that which
 4 Intro|      greater influence of public opinion. But there is no real inconsistency
 5 Intro|       common language to that of opinion and reflection the human
 6 Intro|          or Not-being to mind or opinion or practical life.~But the
 7 Intro|         the nature of knowledge, opinion, sensation. Still less could
 8 Intro|  represent some unknown phase of opinion at Athens. To the Cynics
 9 Intro|    nature of knowledge and false opinion. But the nature of false
10 Intro|          But the nature of false opinion seemed impenetrable; for
11 Intro|     speak of falsehood, or false opinion, or imitation, without falling
12 Intro|   necessity of examining speech, opinion, and imagination.~And first
13 Intro|          speech, but thought and opinion and imagination are proved
14 Intro|    process of silent speech, and opinion is only the silent assent
15 Intro|         we have discovered false opinion, which is an encouraging
16 Intro|        if he have a sentiment or opinion about them. Not being well
17 Intro|          latter the imitation of opinion.~The latter is our present
18 Intro|       the imitator, who has only opinion, may be either the simple
19 Intro|      objects, with statements of opinion, with abstract principles.
20 Intro|          them; the statements of opinion must be verified; the abstract
21 Intro|       the common sense or common opinion of mankind is incapable
22  Soph|        good for that. And, in my opinion, he is not a god at all;
23  Soph|     termed loquacity: such is my opinion.~THEAETETUS: That is the
24  Soph|           And do we not see that opinion is opposed to desire, pleasure
25  Soph|      certainly appears to be the opinion of mankind.~STRANGER: Again,
26  Soph|     THEAETETUS: Precisely my own opinion of him.~STRANGER: Then,
27  Soph|           STRANGER: Again, false opinion is that form of opinion
28  Soph|          opinion is that form of opinion which thinks the opposite
29  Soph|       You mean to say that false opinion thinks what is not?~THEAETETUS:
30  Soph|     course.~STRANGER: Does false opinion think that things which
31  Soph|     STRANGER: And does not false opinion also think that things which
32  Soph|         that falsehood exists in opinion and in words; for in maintaining
33  Soph|         of false words, or false opinion, or idols, or images, or
34  Soph|     impossibility, in getting an opinion out of those who drag everything
35  Soph|         argument, and then their opinion will be more worth having;
36  Soph|   whether not-being mingles with opinion and language.~THEAETETUS:
37  Soph| not-being has a part, then false opinion and false speech are possible,
38  Soph|       not, and that language and opinion are of the non-partaking
39  Soph|         because, as he will say, opinion and language do not partake
40  Soph|          the nature of language, opinion, and imagination, in order
41  Soph|       the sphere of language and opinion, and there will be another
42  Soph|       conception of language and opinion, in order that we may have
43  Soph|           And therefore thought, opinion, and imagination are now
44  Soph|          by which to call it but opinion?~THEAETETUS: There can be
45  Soph|         name.~STRANGER: And when opinion is presented, not simply,
46  Soph|       the soul with herself, and opinion is the end of thinking,
47  Soph|        is the union of sense and opinion, the inference is that some
48  Soph|       perceive, then, that false opinion and speech have been discovered
49  Soph|        be false speech and false opinion, there may be imitations
50  Soph|       shall we agree with vulgar opinion about them?~THEAETETUS:
51  Soph|        What is it?~STRANGER: The opinion that nature brings them
52  Soph|       either, but only a sort of opinion, do their best to show that
53  Soph|     their best to show that this opinion is really entertained by
54  Soph|    imitation which coexists with opinion, the imitation of appearance—