Dialogue

 1 Intro| conclusion, the figure of the midwives, the constant profession
 2 Intro|      the digression about the midwives, which is also a leading
 3 Intro|     require the assistance of midwives. And he, Socrates, is a
 4 Intro|     thoughts of men. Like the midwives, who are ‘past bearing children,’
 5 Intro|   reminds Theaetetus that the midwives are or ought to be the only
 6 Intro|    will grow. But respectable midwives avoid this department of
 7  Thea|     the whole business of the midwives, and then you will see my
 8  Thea|    not allow the barren to be midwives, because human nature cannot
 9  Thea|  absolutely certain, that the midwives know better than others
10  Thea|  SOCRATES: Certainly not; but midwives are respectable women who
11  Thea|        SOCRATES: Such are the midwives, whose task is a very important
12  Thea|      true birth. And like the midwives, I am barren, and the reproach