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or would he who is ignorant of calculations have more power to tell falsehoods than you, if you wished to do so? Or would the ignorant man often, when he wished to tell falsehoods, involuntarily tell the truth, if it so happened, because he did not know, whereas you, the wise man, if you wished to tell falsehoods, would tell them always and uniformly?Hippias
Yes, it is as you say.Socrates
Is the false man, then, false about other things, but not about number, and would he not tell falsehoods when dealing with number?Hippias
He is false about number also, by Zeus.Socrates
Shall we, then, assume this also,
Yes, it is as you say.Socrates
Is the false man, then, false about other things, but not about number, and would he not tell falsehoods when dealing with number?Hippias
He is false about number also, by Zeus.Socrates
Shall we, then, assume this also,