Dialogue

 1 Intro|       any rate he is a divine person, one of a class who are
 2 Intro|     of them? ‘Yes.’~Suppose a person were to say, not that he
 3 Intro|     speeches which compel the person conversing to contradict
 4 Intro|       is often made between a person’s character and his conduct.
 5  Soph| recommend you to take a young person—Theaetetus, for example—
 6  Soph|      interesting or important person.~THEAETETUS: He is not.~
 7  Soph|       is it?~STRANGER: When a person supposes that he knows,
 8  Soph|    lasting good effect on the person who is the subject of the
 9  Soph|     attention. Suppose that a person were to profess, not that
10  Soph|     mean?~STRANGER: Suppose a person to say that he will make
11  Soph|       spectator, whereas if a person had the power of getting
12  Soph|       be answered at all by a person like myself.~STRANGER: There
13  Soph|       regard to each thing or person, there is much that is and
14  Soph|    short speeches compels the person who is conversing with him