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Theaetetus
That would be absurd in many ways.Socrates
But can you show clearly in any other way which of the two sets of opinions is true?Theaetetus
I do not think I can.Socrates
Listen, then, while I tell you what would be said about them by those who maintain that what appears at any time is true for him to whom it appears. They begin, I imagine, by asking this question: “Theaetetus, can that which is wholly other have in any way the same quality as its alternative? And we must not assume that the thing in question is partially the same and partially other, but wholly other.”Theaetetus
It is impossible for it to be the same in anything, either in quality
That would be absurd in many ways.Socrates
But can you show clearly in any other way which of the two sets of opinions is true?Theaetetus
I do not think I can.Socrates
Listen, then, while I tell you what would be said about them by those who maintain that what appears at any time is true for him to whom it appears. They begin, I imagine, by asking this question: “Theaetetus, can that which is wholly other have in any way the same quality as its alternative? And we must not assume that the thing in question is partially the same and partially other, but wholly other.”Theaetetus
It is impossible for it to be the same in anything, either in quality
