Dialogue

 1 Intro|        to distinguish them. The greatest service rendered by him
 2 Intro|      number?~And now arises the greatest difficulty of all. If not-being
 3 Intro|        logicians, they have the greatest extension and the least
 4 Intro|        them? Take away the five greatest legislators, the five greatest
 5 Intro|  greatest legislators, the five greatest warriors, the five greatest
 6 Intro|     greatest warriors, the five greatest poets, the five greatest
 7 Intro|        greatest poets, the five greatest founders or teachers of
 8 Intro|         of a religion, the five greatest philosophers, the five greatest
 9 Intro| greatest philosophers, the five greatest inventors,—where would have
10 Intro|        it.~2. Hegel, if not the greatest philosopher, is certainly
11 Intro|   philosopher, is certainly the greatest critic of philosophy who
12  Soph|        before we proceed to the greatest of all. And as I know that
13  Soph|    admit that refutation is the greatest and chiefest of purifications,
14  Soph|      perplexities the first and greatest, touching the very foundation
15  Soph|         which was coming is the greatest of all.~THEAETETUS: What!
16  Soph|       not-being, we were in the greatest difficulty:—do you remember?~
17  Soph|       am not mistaken, the very greatest of all sciences.~STRANGER: