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Stranger
Is it what you call “one,” using two names for the same thing, or how is this?Theaetetus
What is their next answer, Stranger?Stranger
It is plain, Theaetetus, that he who maintains their theory will not find it the easiest thing in the world to reply to our present question or to any other.Theaetetus
Why not?Stranger
It is rather ridiculous to assert that two names exist when you assert that nothing exists but unity.Theaetetus
Of course it is.Stranger
And in general there would be no sense in accepting
Is it what you call “one,” using two names for the same thing, or how is this?Theaetetus
What is their next answer, Stranger?Stranger
It is plain, Theaetetus, that he who maintains their theory will not find it the easiest thing in the world to reply to our present question or to any other.Theaetetus
Why not?Stranger
It is rather ridiculous to assert that two names exist when you assert that nothing exists but unity.Theaetetus
Of course it is.Stranger
And in general there would be no sense in accepting
