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Theaetetus
Certainly.Socrates
Well, then, let us take me, or you, or anything else at hand, and apply the same principle—say Socrates in health and Socrates in illness. Shall we say the one is like the other, or unlike?Theaetetus
When you say “Socrates in illness” do you mean to compare that Socrates as a whole with Socrates in health as a whole?Socrates
You understand perfectly; that is just what I mean.Theaetetus
Unlike, I imagine.Socrates
And therefore other, inasmuch as unlike?Theaetetus
Necessarily.Socrates
And you would say the same of Socrates asleep or in any of the other states
Certainly.Socrates
Well, then, let us take me, or you, or anything else at hand, and apply the same principle—say Socrates in health and Socrates in illness. Shall we say the one is like the other, or unlike?Theaetetus
When you say “Socrates in illness” do you mean to compare that Socrates as a whole with Socrates in health as a whole?Socrates
You understand perfectly; that is just what I mean.Theaetetus
Unlike, I imagine.Socrates
And therefore other, inasmuch as unlike?Theaetetus
Necessarily.Socrates
And you would say the same of Socrates asleep or in any of the other states