Dialogue

 1 Intro|            of one and Being.~It is difficult within the compass of a
 2 Intro|           that he is unnecessarily difficult, or that his own mind, like
 3 Intro| reflections of the past, and it is difficult to separate in them what
 4 Intro|           similar relations? It is difficult enough to conceive all the
 5 Intro|         nouns and verbs, require a difficult and elaborate explanation.
 6  Soph|        small to them, and the easy difficult, and all their dreamy speculations
 7  Soph|           we are engaged in a very difficult speculation— there can be
 8  Soph|          Theaetetus, the task is a difficult one.~THEAETETUS: Why?~STRANGER:
 9  Soph|    enquirer?~THEAETETUS: That is a difficult question, and one not to
10  Soph|        nature of being is quite as difficult to comprehend as that of
11  Soph|            which is noble and also difficult.~THEAETETUS: What is it?~