Dialogue

 1 Intro|       absolute truth.~We may now divide this art of measurement
 2 Intro|         the longer method;—if we divide in the middle, we are most
 3 Intro|       the Phrygian would equally divide mankind into Phrygians and
 4 Intro|     might go a step further, and divide the animal world into cranes
 5 State| Certainly.~STRANGER: Then let us divide sciences in general into
 6 State|         due order if we go on to divide the sphere of knowledge?~
 7 State|          SOCRATES: How would you divide them?~STRANGER: Of the whole
 8 State|        if some one who wanted to divide the human race, were to
 9 State|          the human race, were to divide them after the fashion which
10 State|        question, Where you would divide the management of herds.
11 State|           STRANGER: If we do not divide the whole class of animals,
12 State|         But then we ought not to divide, as we did, taking the whole
13 State|          again, and endeavour to divide the collective rearing of
14 State|       you agree that we ought to divide the collective rearing of
15 State| Certainly.~STRANGER: Any one can divide the herds which feed on
16 State|          SOCRATES: How would you divide them?~STRANGER: I should
17 State|          far as we can we should divide in the middle; but it is
18 State|       STRANGER: Suppose that you divide the science which manages
19 State|           I suppose that we must divide this again as before.~YOUNG
20 State|  Certainly not; but how shall we divide the two remaining species?~
21 State|        class with man, we should divide bipeds into those which
22 State|          and hornless, so we may divide by these same differences
23 State|          of feeding, and then to divide, for there may be still
24 State|          make the correction and divide human care into two parts,
25 State|          more, Socrates, we must divide the part which belongs at
26 State|          next step clearly is to divide the art of measurement into
27 State|          For we certainly should divide everything into as few parts
28 State|  SOCRATES: True.~STRANGER: If we divide each of these we shall have