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Stranger
But it exists, by reason of its participation in being.Theaetetus
Yes, it exists.Stranger
Now motion again is other than the same.Theaetetus
You're about right.Stranger
Therefore it is not the same.Theaetetus
No, it is not.Stranger
But yet we found it was the same, because all things partake of the same.Theaetetus
Certainly.Stranger
Then we must admit that motion is the same and is not the same, and we must not be disturbed thereby; for when we say it is the same and not the same, we do not use the words alike. When we call it the same, we do so because it partakes
But it exists, by reason of its participation in being.Theaetetus
Yes, it exists.Stranger
Now motion again is other than the same.Theaetetus
You're about right.Stranger
Therefore it is not the same.Theaetetus
No, it is not.Stranger
But yet we found it was the same, because all things partake of the same.Theaetetus
Certainly.Stranger
Then we must admit that motion is the same and is not the same, and we must not be disturbed thereby; for when we say it is the same and not the same, we do not use the words alike. When we call it the same, we do so because it partakes