Dialogue

 1 Intro|      had been asked, ‘What is clay?’ and instead of saying ‘
 2 Intro|        and instead of saying ‘Clay is moistened earth,’ he
 3 Intro|       answered, ‘There is one clay of image-makers, another
 4  Thea|    thing—for example, What is clay? and we were to reply, that
 5  Thea|     to reply, that there is a clay of potters, there is a clay
 6  Thea|   clay of potters, there is a clay of oven-makers, there is
 7  Thea|       oven-makers, there is a clay of brick-makers; would not
 8  Thea|     our answer the nature of ‘clay,’ merely because we added ‘
 9  Thea| example, when asked about the clay, he might have said simply,
10  Thea|  might have said simply, that clay is moistened earth—what
11  Thea|  moistened earth—what sort of clay is not to the point.~THEAETETUS: