Plato, Theaetetus, section 189a

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[189a]

Socrates
And therefore he who hears anything, hears some one thing and therefore hears what is.

Theaetetus
Yes.

Socrates
And he who touches anything, touches some one thing, which is, since it is one?

Theaetetus
That also is true.

Socrates
So, then, does not he who holds an opinion hold an opinion of some one thing?

Theaetetus
He must do so.

Socrates
And does not he who holds an opinion of some one thing hold an opinion of something that is?

Theaetetus
I agree.

Socrates
Then he who holds an opinion of what is not holds an opinion of nothing.

Theaetetus
Evidently.

Socrates
Well then, he who holds an opinion of nothing, holds no opinion at all.

Theaetetus
That is plain, apparently.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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