Dialogue

1 Intro|         oaks and rocks in their hands,’ and who must be improved
2 Intro| parricide if he ventures to lay hands on his father Parmenides;
3 Intro|       they cannot hold in their hands, and in the Sophist as incapable
4 Intro|     Then I fear that I must lay hands on my father Parmenides;
5 Intro|         rocks and oaks in their hands. Their adversaries defend
6  Soph| therefore I must venture to lay hands on my father’s argument;
7  Soph|        literally grasp in their hands rocks and oaks; of these
8  Soph|        able to squeeze in their hands.~THEAETETUS: That is pretty