Dialogue

 1 Intro|        sense was imprinted on the word by the genius of Plato; (
 2 Intro|          about the meaning of the word there arises an interesting
 3 Intro|      produced on the meaning of a word when the very term which
 4 Intro|          tragedians, in which the word is used in a neutral sense
 5 Intro|          reproach conveyed by the word; the additional association,
 6 Intro|      question is, not whether the word ‘Sophist’ has all these
 7 Intro|          give a bad import to the word; and the Sophists are regarded
 8 Intro|        could not have stamped the word anew, or have imparted the
 9 Intro|          But the bad sense of the word was not and could not have
10 Intro|         occurred to them that the word might have several senses,
11 Intro|        correct than this. For the word ‘not’ does not altogether
12 Intro|           positive meaning of the word ‘just’: at least, it does
13 Intro|          but partial one; for the word ‘not,’ besides the meaning
14 Intro|         Yes.’ And you mean by the word ‘participation’ a power
15 Intro|        described by prefixing the word ‘not’ to some kind of knowledge.
16 Intro|         crude substitution of one word for another, but by showing
17 Intro|       They are no longer the last word of philosophy, for another
18 Intro|         Sophist first uttered the word ‘Man is the measure of all
19 Intro|         well as by opposites. The word ‘continuity’ suggests the
20 Intro|      philosopher’s vocabulary the word ‘inconceivable.’ But he
21 Intro|         philosophy answers to the word ‘is,’ the second to the
22 Intro|            is,’ the second to the word ‘has been,’ the third to
23 Intro|   considers that the meaning of a word may have nothing to do with
24 Intro|          of opposites as the last word of philosophy, but still
25  Soph|          engaged in conquering by word or deed, or in preventing
26  Soph|           which takes by force of word or deed, may be termed conquest?~
27  Soph| conversation may be called in one word the art of persuasion.~THEAETETUS:
28  Soph|           many other things. In a word, is not the art of disputation
29  Soph|          not understand the first word that I utter, for you do
30  Soph|    venture to utter the forbidden word ‘not-being’?~THEAETETUS:
31  Soph|            is the time for such a word; for there still remains
32  Soph|   STRANGER: When I introduced the word ‘is,’ did I not contradict
33  Soph|           it,’ for the use of the word ‘it’ would imply a form
34  Soph|           when anybody utters the word, we understand him quite
35  Soph|           what people mean by the word ‘being.’~STRANGER: You follow
36  Soph|          are we to understand the word “are”? Upon your view, are
37  Soph|            as far as they can, in word and deed?~THEAETETUS: Yes,
38  Soph|           by an adaptation of the word sophos. What shall we name