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since these things are true, perception is knowledge. Eh, Theaetetus? Shall we say that this is, so to speak, your new-born child and the result of my midwifery? Or what shall we say?Theaetetus
We must say that, Socrates.Socrates
Well, we have at last managed to bring this forth, whatever it turns out to be; and now that it is born, we must in very truth perform the rite of running round with it in a circle—1 the circle of our argument—and see whether it may not turn out to be after all not worth rearing, but only a wind-egg,
We must say that, Socrates.Socrates
Well, we have at last managed to bring this forth, whatever it turns out to be; and now that it is born, we must in very truth perform the rite of running round with it in a circle—1 the circle of our argument—and see whether it may not turn out to be after all not worth rearing, but only a wind-egg,