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Theaetetus
What?Stranger
Does it not result from this that the not-beautiful is a distinct part of some one class of being and also, again, opposed to some class of being?Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
Then, apparently, it follows that the not-beautiful is a contrast of being with being.Theaetetus
Quite right.Stranger
Can we, then, in that case, say that the beautiful is more and the not-beautiful less a part of being?Theaetetus
Not at all.
What?Stranger
Does it not result from this that the not-beautiful is a distinct part of some one class of being and also, again, opposed to some class of being?Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
Then, apparently, it follows that the not-beautiful is a contrast of being with being.Theaetetus
Quite right.Stranger
Can we, then, in that case, say that the beautiful is more and the not-beautiful less a part of being?Theaetetus
Not at all.