Plato, Theaetetus, section 185a

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[185α] αἰσθάνῃ, ἀδύνατον εἶναι δι᾽ ἄλλης ταῦτ᾽ αἰσθέσθαι, οἷον ἃ δι᾽ ἀκοῆς, δι᾽ ὄψεως, ἢ ἃ δι᾽ ὄψεως, δι᾽ ἀκοῆς;

Θεαίτητος
πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἐθελήσω;

Σωκράτης
εἴ τι ἄρα περὶ ἀμφοτέρων διανοῇ, οὐκ ἂν διά γε τοῦ ἑτέρου ὀργάνου, οὐδ᾽ αὖ διὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου περὶ ἀμφοτέρων αἰσθάνοι᾽ ἄν.

Θεαίτητος
οὐ γὰρ οὖν.

Σωκράτης
περὶ δὴ φωνῆς καὶ περὶ χρόας πρῶτον μὲν αὐτὸ τοῦτο περὶ ἀμφοτέρων ἦ διανοῇ, ὅτι ἀμφοτέρω ἐστόν;

Θεαίτητος
ἔγωγε.

Σωκράτης
οὐκοῦν καὶ ὅτι ἑκάτερον ἑκατέρου μὲν ἕτερον, ἑαυτῷ δὲ ταὐτόν;

Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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