THEAETETUS: Yes, by far.

STRANGER: And two of these are, as we affirm, incapable of communion

with one another.

THEAETETUS: Quite incapable.

STRANGER: Whereas being surely has communion with both of them, for both

of them are?

THEAETETUS: Of course.

STRANGER: That makes up three of them.

THEAETETUS: To be sure.

STRANGER: And each of them is other than the remaining two, but the same

with itself.

THEAETETUS: True.

STRANGER: But then, what is the meaning of these two words, 'same' and

other'? Are they two new kinds other than the three, and yet always of

necessity intermingling with them, and are we to have five kinds instead

of three; or when we speak of the same and other, are we unconsciously

speaking of one of the three first kinds?

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Sophist