Plato, Sophist, section 238e

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[238e] for although I maintained that not-being could have nothing to do with either the singular or the plural number, I spoke of it just now, and am still speaking of it, as one; for I say “that which is not.” You understand surely?

Theaetetus
Yes.

Stranger
And again a little while ago I said it was inexpressible, unspeakable, irrational. Do you follow me?

Theaetetus
Yes, of course.

Stranger
Then when I undertook to attach the verb “to be” to not-being

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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