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[204d]

Socrates
Then in all things that are made up of number, we apply the same term to all in the plural and all in the singular?

Theaetetus
Apparently.

Socrates
Here is another way of approaching the matter. The number of the fathom and the fathom are the same, are they not?

Theaetetus
Yes.

Socrates
And of the furlong likewise.

Theaetetus
Yes.

Socrates
And the number of the army is the same as the army, and all such cases are alike? In each of them all the number is all the thing.

Theaetetus
Yes.

Socrates
And is the number of each anything but


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