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Dialogue
501 Soph| being.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And thence arises the question, 502 Soph| language.~THEAETETUS: How so?~STRANGER: If not-being has no part 503 Soph| THEAETETUS: That is quite true.~STRANGER: And where there is falsehood 504 Soph| deceit.~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: And if there is deceit, 505 Soph| THEAETETUS: To be sure.~STRANGER: Into that region the Sophist, 506 Soph| being.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And now, not-being has 507 Soph| THEAETETUS: Certainly, Stranger, there appears to be truth 508 Soph| of defence without end.~STRANGER: Any one, Theaetetus, who 509 Soph| THEAETETUS: Very true.~STRANGER: Then, as I was saying, 510 Soph| false.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: Then, now, let us speak 511 Soph| question at issue about names?~STRANGER: The question at issue is 512 Soph| Clearly the last is true.~STRANGER: I understand you to say 513 Soph| THEAETETUS: What are you saying?~STRANGER: What I thought that you 514 Soph| THEAETETUS: What are they?~STRANGER: One of them is called nouns, 515 Soph| THEAETETUS: Describe them.~STRANGER: That which denotes action 516 Soph| verb.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And the other, which is 517 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite true.~STRANGER: A succession of nouns only 518 Soph| I do not understand you.~STRANGER: I see that when you gave 519 Soph| THEAETETUS: What do you mean?~STRANGER: I mean that words like ‘ 520 Soph| THEAETETUS: How can they?~STRANGER: Or, again, when you say ‘ 521 Soph| I ask, What do you mean?~STRANGER: When any one says ‘A man 522 Soph| sentences?~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: Yes, for he now arrives 523 Soph| discourse.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And as there are some things 524 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite true.~STRANGER: There is another small 525 Soph| THEAETETUS: What is it?~STRANGER: A sentence must and cannot 526 Soph| subject.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And must be of a certain 527 Soph| THEAETETUS: Certainly.~STRANGER: And now let us mind what 528 Soph| THEAETETUS: We must do so.~STRANGER: I will repeat a sentence 529 Soph| to the best of my power.~STRANGER: ‘Theaetetus sits’—not a 530 Soph| sentence.~THEAETETUS: Not very.~STRANGER: Of whom does the sentence 531 Soph| Of me; I am the subject.~STRANGER: Or this sentence, again—~ 532 Soph| THEAETETUS: What sentence?~STRANGER: ‘Theaetetus, with whom 533 Soph| me, and to apply to me.~STRANGER: We agreed that every sentence 534 Soph| quality.~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: And what is the quality 535 Soph| false, and the other true.~STRANGER: The true says what is true 536 Soph| about you?~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: And the false says what 537 Soph| than true?~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: And therefore speaks of 538 Soph| were?~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And say that things are 539 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite true.~STRANGER: The second of the two sentences 540 Soph| implied in recent admission.~STRANGER: And, in the second place, 541 Soph| subject?~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: Who must be you, and can 542 Soph| THEAETETUS: Unquestionably.~STRANGER: And it would be no sentence 543 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite true.~STRANGER: When other, then, is asserted 544 Soph| THEAETETUS: Most true.~STRANGER: And therefore thought, 545 Soph| false.~THEAETETUS: How so?~STRANGER: You will know better if 546 Soph| you would wish me to gain.~STRANGER: Are not thought and speech 547 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite true.~STRANGER: But the stream of thought 548 Soph| speech?~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And we know that there 549 Soph| THEAETETUS: What exists?~STRANGER: Affirmation.~THEAETETUS: 550 Soph| THEAETETUS: Yes, we know it.~STRANGER: When the affirmation or 551 Soph| There can be no other name.~STRANGER: And when opinion is presented, 552 Soph| THEAETETUS: Certainly.~STRANGER: And seeing that language 553 Soph| THEAETETUS: Certainly.~STRANGER: Do you perceive, then, 554 Soph| THEAETETUS: I perceive.~STRANGER: Then let us not be discouraged 555 Soph| THEAETETUS: What classification?~STRANGER: We divided image-making 556 Soph| phantastic.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And we said that we were 557 Soph| THEAETETUS: We did say so.~STRANGER: And our heads began to 558 Soph| falsehood.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And now, since there has 559 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite possible.~STRANGER: And we have already admitted, 560 Soph| likeness-making art?~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: Let us, then, renew the 561 Soph| THEAETETUS: Very good.~STRANGER: You may remember that all 562 Soph| acquisitive.~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: And the Sophist was flitting 563 Soph| THEAETETUS: Very true.~STRANGER: But now that the imitative 564 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite true.~STRANGER: In the first place, there 565 Soph| THEAETETUS: What are they?~STRANGER: One of them is human and 566 Soph| THEAETETUS: I do not follow.~STRANGER: Every power, as you may 567 Soph| THEAETETUS: I remember.~STRANGER: Looking, now, at the world 568 Soph| THEAETETUS: What is it?~STRANGER: The opinion that nature 569 Soph| defer to your authority.~STRANGER: Nobly said, Theaetetus, 570 Soph| divine.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: Then, now, subdivide each 571 Soph| THEAETETUS: How do you mean?~STRANGER: I mean to say that you 572 Soph| THEAETETUS: I have done so.~STRANGER: Then, now, there are in 573 Soph| divine.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And, again, in the division 574 Soph| the divisions once more.~STRANGER: I suppose that we, and 575 Soph| of God.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: And there are images of 576 Soph| THEAETETUS: What are they?~STRANGER: The appearances which spring 577 Soph| the work of a divine hand.~STRANGER: And what shall we say of 578 Soph| THEAETETUS: Quite true.~STRANGER: And other products of human 579 Soph| of a kind of similitudes.~STRANGER: And let us not forget that 580 Soph| being.~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: And this appeared to be 581 Soph| as two.~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: Then, now, let us again 582 Soph| shall we make the division?~STRANGER: There is one kind which 583 Soph| THEAETETUS: What do you mean?~STRANGER: When any one makes himself 584 Soph| phantastic art.~THEAETETUS: Yes.~STRANGER: Let this, then, be named 585 Soph| one and leave the other.~STRANGER: There is a further distinction, 586 Soph| THEAETETUS: Let me hear.~STRANGER: There are some who imitate, 587 Soph| There can be no greater.~STRANGER: Was not the sort of imitation 588 Soph| THEAETETUS: Naturally.~STRANGER: And what would you say 589 Soph| Yes, that is very common.~STRANGER: And do they always fail 590 Soph| THEAETETUS: The very opposite.~STRANGER: Such a one, then, should 591 Soph| knows?~THEAETETUS: True.~STRANGER: Can we find a suitable 592 Soph| imitation.~THEAETETUS: Granted.~STRANGER: The former is our present 593 Soph| THEAETETUS: Very true.~STRANGER: Let us, then, examine our 594 Soph| THEAETETUS: Let us examine him.~STRANGER: Indeed there is a very 595 Soph| kinds which you describe.~STRANGER: Shall we regard one as 596 Soph| THEAETETUS: Very good.~STRANGER: And shall we further speak 597 Soph| THEAETETUS: Answer yourself.~STRANGER: Upon consideration, then, 598 Soph| What you say is most true.~STRANGER: And who is the maker of 599 Soph| THEAETETUS: The latter.~STRANGER: And what shall we call 600 Soph| the true and very Sophist.~STRANGER: Shall we bind up his name 601 Soph| THEAETETUS: By all means.~STRANGER: He, then, who traces the