Dialogue

 1 Intro|  Athenian State. But I would not speak at the time, because I wanted
 2 Intro|        natural philosopher, will speak of the origin of the world,
 3 Intro|           and he who is about to speak of the origin of the universe
 4 Intro|    acceptable to them, and may I speak in the manner which will
 5 Intro|         the matter of which they speak. What is spoken of the unchanging
 6 Intro|   already spoken, and I will now speak of the higher purpose of
 7 Intro|   blessing of human life; not to speak of the lesser benefits which
 8 Intro|    wherefore we are compelled to speak of water or fire, not as
 9 Intro|          one another: I must now speak of their construction. From
10 Intro|          sounds I will hereafter speak.~Colours are flames which
11 Intro|         of disease—I have now to speak of the means by which the
12 Intro|           But when he goes on to speak of the Essence which is
13 Intro|         in the same manner as we speak of ‘time’ and ‘space.’~Yet
14 Intro|        remarkable that he should speak of each of these solids
15 Intro| circumference of the heavens. We speak of a soul of the universe;
16 Intro|          he might be expected to speak of the rotation of the earth,
17 Intro|          his opinions, who often speak to their patients of the
18 Intro|       attain to probability.’ We speak in almost the same words
19 Intro|        creation. Neither when we speak of mind or intelligence,
20 Timae|          which I required you to speak?~TIMAEUS: We remember some
21 Timae|       wishing to draw them on to speak of antiquity, he began to
22 Timae|     Solon; but I did not like to speak at the moment. For a long
23 Timae|       own mind, and then I would speak. And so I readily assented
24 Timae|        his special study, should speak first, beginning with the
25 Timae|        and thenceforward we will speak of them as Athenians and
26 Timae|           you, I suppose, should speak next, after duly calling
27 Timae|         exhortation of myself to speak in such manner as will be
28 Timae|       same or of the other, they speak of the same or of the other
29 Timae|         therefore now proceed to speak of the higher use and purpose
30 Timae|     lesser benefits why should I speak? even the ordinary man if
31 Timae|         their generation, but we speak of fire and the rest of
32 Timae|        thus much: I will not now speak of the first principle or
33 Timae|         the beginning and try to speak of each thing and of all.
34 Timae|       much the safest plan is to speak of them as follows:— Anything
35 Timae|       such a nature’; nor let us speak of water as ‘this’; but
36 Timae|       triangles (and we need not speak of the others) is that of
37 Timae|       one another. I have now to speak of their several kinds,
38 Timae|          of his former position, speak of the same point as above
39 Timae|          was saying just now, to speak of the whole which is in
40 Timae|          now I will endeavour to speak of the affections of particular
41 Timae|          sense, hearing, we must speak of the causes in which it
42 Timae|        of sound I must hereafter speak.~There is a fourth class
43 Timae|       for it is more our duty to speak of the good than of the