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Theaetetus
Certainly.

Socrates
But if one and indivisible, then syllable and likewise letter are equally irrational and unknowable; for the same cause will make them so.

Theaetetus
I cannot dispute it.

Socrates
Then we must not accept the statement of any one who says that the syllable is knowable and expressible, but the letter is not.

Theaetetus
No, not if we are convinced by our argument.


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