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it would participate in its opposite.Theaetetus
Exactly so.Stranger
Both certainly partake of the same and the other.1Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
Then we must not say that motion, or rest either, is the same or other.Theaetetus
No.Stranger
But should we conceive of “being” and “the same” as one?Theaetetus
Perhaps.Stranger
But if “being” and “the same” have no difference of meaning, then when we go on and say that both rest and motion are, we shall be saying that they are both the same,
Exactly so.Stranger
Both certainly partake of the same and the other.1Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
Then we must not say that motion, or rest either, is the same or other.Theaetetus
No.Stranger
But should we conceive of “being” and “the same” as one?Theaetetus
Perhaps.Stranger
But if “being” and “the same” have no difference of meaning, then when we go on and say that both rest and motion are, we shall be saying that they are both the same,