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Socrates
Then do some lawgivers produce better, and others worse works?Cratylus
No; at that point I cease to agree.Socrates
Then you do not think that some laws are better, and some worse?Cratylus
No, I do not.Socrates
And you do not, it appears, think that one name is better, and another worse?Cratylus
No, I do not.Socrates
Then all names are correct?Cratylus
All that are really names.Socrates
How about the name of our friend Hermogenes,
Then do some lawgivers produce better, and others worse works?Cratylus
No; at that point I cease to agree.Socrates
Then you do not think that some laws are better, and some worse?Cratylus
No, I do not.Socrates
And you do not, it appears, think that one name is better, and another worse?Cratylus
No, I do not.Socrates
Then all names are correct?Cratylus
All that are really names.Socrates
How about the name of our friend Hermogenes,