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Stranger
Yes, for they are supposed, I fancy, to have knowledge themselves of the things about which they dispute.

Theaetetus
Of course.

Stranger
And they do that about all things, do they not?

Theaetetus
Yes.

Stranger
Then they appear to their pupils to be wise in all things.

Theaetetus
To be sure.

Stranger
Though they are not; for that was shown to be impossible.

Theaetetus
Of course it is impossible.

Stranger
Then it is a sort of knowledge based upon mere opinion that the sophist has been shown to possess about all things, not true knowledge.


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