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that there was a straight line and a circumference in
them and that in respect of the straight line they are standing still1 since they do not incline to either side, but in respect of the
circumference they move in a circle; but that when as they revolve they
incline the perpendicular to right or left or forward or back, then they are
in no wise at rest.” “And that would be
right,” he said. “No such remarks then will disconcert
us or any whit the more make us believe that it is ever possible for the
same thing at the same time in the same respect and the same relation
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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