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or apprehended by some other sensation, it would not tend to
draw the mind to the apprehension of essence, as we were explaining in the case
of the finger. But if some contradiction is always seen coincidentally with it,
so that it no more appears to be one than the opposite, there would forthwith be
need of something to judge between them, and it would compel the soul to be at a
loss and to inquire, by arousing thought in itself, and to ask,
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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