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and easier matters before attacking the very greatest. So now, Theaetetus, this is my advice to ourselves, since we think the family of sophists is troublesome and hard to catch, that we first practise the method of hunting in something easier, unless you perhaps have some simpler way to suggest.Theaetetus
I have not.Stranger
Then shall we take some lesser thing and try to use it as a pattern for the greater?
I have not.Stranger
Then shall we take some lesser thing and try to use it as a pattern for the greater?