Dialogue

 1 Intro|       ancient philosophy. We cannot understand the attitude of mind which
 2 Intro| impenetrable; for we were unable to understand how there could be any reality
 3 Intro|         tell me, Theaetetus, do you understand what they mean by their
 4 Intro|            one who could be made to understand them would deny.~The Platonic
 5 Intro|               Noble is that which I understand, and that which I do not
 6 Intro|             and that which I do not understand may be as noble; but the
 7 Intro|     understands me, and he does NOT understand me.’~Nevertheless the consideration
 8 Intro|             what they cannot easily understand to be full of danger. Many
 9 Intro|           certainly we can scarcely understand how a deep thinker like
10 Intro|          ordinary ways of men; they understand one another from afar, notwithstanding
11 Intro|     universe (Milton, P.L.). We can understand how the idea in the mind
12  Soph|         gifts.~THEAETETUS: I do not understand you.~STRANGER: You seem
13  Soph|           the other kind you surely understand.~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER:
14  Soph|          arrive, and this we should understand to be her aim.~THEAETETUS:
15  Soph|             aim.~THEAETETUS: Yes, I understand; and I agree that there
16  Soph|     deformity.~THEAETETUS: I do not understand.~STRANGER: Perhaps you have
17  Soph|       STRANGER: At any rate we will understand him, and no indolence shall
18  Soph|     alluding? I do not think that I understand your present question.~STRANGER:
19  Soph|             ask whether anybody can understand all things.~THEAETETUS:
20  Soph|     STRANGER: I see that you do not understand the first word that I utter,
21  Soph|             I utter, for you do not understand the meaning of ‘all.’~THEAETETUS:
22  Soph|             say ‘not-being.’ Do you understand?~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER:
23  Soph|         tell me, Theaetetus, do you understand what they mean by these
24  Soph|         anybody utters the word, we understand him quite easily, although
25  Soph|           them “are”? How are we to understand the word “are”? Upon your
26  Soph|             no longer fancy that we understand you, when we entirely misunderstand
27  Soph|    contradict reason.~THEAETETUS: I understand.~STRANGER: Shall we say
28  Soph|             themselves.~STRANGER: I understand; but they will allow that
29  Soph|           were; and I do not at all understand how we never found out our
30  Soph|          that other is the same, to understand and refute him from his
31  Soph|             Very true. But I do not understand why at this moment we must
32  Soph|           last is true.~STRANGER: I understand you to say that words which
33  Soph|         nouns.~THEAETETUS: I do not understand you.~STRANGER: I see that
34  Soph|          THEAETETUS: Now I begin to understand, and am ready to acknowledge