Dialogue

 1 Intro|        good sort of people when we know them,’ and all of them part
 2 Intro|       times. The truth is, that we know little about them; and the
 3 Intro| contradiction. Plato, as far as we know, is the first philosopher
 4 Intro|            knowledge; she wants to know how the arts are related
 5 Intro|       about all things. But can he know all things? ‘He cannot.’
 6 Intro|          he is believed by them to know all things.’ You mean to
 7 Intro|            the Sophist pretends to know all things, and he, too,
 8 Intro|          undertake the task; for I know that I am exposing myself
 9 Intro|         with them, Theaetetus, and know their ways better than you
10 Intro|          rejoin: Does not the soul know? And is not ‘being’ known?
11 Intro|         conscious that he does not know, but disguises his ignorance.
12 Intro|          God without attempting to know him. In philosophy again
13 Intro|       often made, that in order to know the world it is not necessary
14  Soph|           ask?~SOCRATES: I want to know whether by his countrymen
15  Soph|          greatest of all. And as I know that the tribe of Sophists
16  Soph|        mean?~STRANGER: You want to know what is the meaning of food
17  Soph|         preserves the better, I do know a name.~THEAETETUS: What
18  Soph|         other; her endeavour is to know what is and is not kindred
19  Soph|      THEAETETUS: To this, again, I know not what I should reply.~
20  Soph|            STRANGER: But surely we know that no soul is voluntarily
21  Soph|        that he knows, and does not know; this appears to be the
22  Soph|         generation and essence, we know that such persons are tremendous
23  Soph|            of things.~STRANGER: We know, of course, that he who
24  Soph|             to be applied?’—do you know what sort of object he would
25  Soph|       image?’—and I should like to know, Theaetetus, how we can
26  Soph|         easily, although we do not know about not-being. But we
27  Soph|         they will allow that if to know is active, then, of course,
28  Soph|       STRANGER: But does every one know what letters will unite
29  Soph|          not he who has the art to know what sounds mingle, a musician,
30  Soph|         How so?~STRANGER: You will know better if you first gain
31  Soph|             True.~STRANGER: And we know that there exists in speech...~
32  Soph|   Affirmation.~THEAETETUS: Yes, we know it.~STRANGER: When the affirmation
33  Soph|       imitate, and some who do not know. And what line of distinction
34  Soph|         the imitation of those who know? For he who would imitate
35  Soph|           imitate you would surely know you and your figure?~THEAETETUS:
36  Soph|            the many he pretends to know.~THEAETETUS: There are certainly