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shall reply, “Yes, when, in thinking, he thinks what is not true,” shall we not?Theaetetus
Yes.Socrates
And is the same sort of thing possible in any other field?Theaetetus
What sort of thing?Socrates
For instance, that a man sees something, but sees nothing.Theaetetus
How can he?Socrates
Yet surely if a man sees any one thing, he sees something that is. Or do you, perhaps, think “one” is among the things that are not?Theaetetus
No, I do not.Socrates
Then he who sees any one thing, sees something that is.Theaetetus
That is clear.
Yes.Socrates
And is the same sort of thing possible in any other field?Theaetetus
What sort of thing?Socrates
For instance, that a man sees something, but sees nothing.Theaetetus
How can he?Socrates
Yet surely if a man sees any one thing, he sees something that is. Or do you, perhaps, think “one” is among the things that are not?Theaetetus
No, I do not.Socrates
Then he who sees any one thing, sees something that is.Theaetetus
That is clear.
