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you must consider not only what happens if a particular hypothesis is true, but also what happens if it is not true.”“What do you mean?” he said.“Take, for instance,” he replied, “that hypothesis of Zeno's if the many exist, you should inquire what will happen to the many themselves in relation to themselves and to the one, and to the one in relation to itself and to the many, and also what will happen to the one and the many in relation to themselves and to each other, if the many do not exist.
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