Plato, Meno, section 83c

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[83c]

Socrates
Thus, from the double-sized line, boy, we get a space, not of double, but of fourfold size.

Boy
That is true.

Socrates
And if it is four times four it is sixteen, is it not?

Boy
Yes.

Socrates
What line will give us a space of eight feet? This one gives us a fourfold space, does it not?

Boy
It does.

Socrates
And a space of four feet is made from this line of half the length?

Boy
Yes.

Socrates
Very well; and is not a space of eight feet double the size of this one,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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