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[245b]

Stranger
But such a unity consisting of many parts will not harmonize with reason.

Theaetetus
I understand.

Stranger
Then shall we agree that being is one and a whole because it has the attribute of unity, or shall we deny that being is a whole at all?

Theaetetus
It is a hard choice that you offer me.

Stranger
That is very true; for being, having in a way had unity imposed upon it, will evidently not be the same as unity, and the all will be more than one.

Theaetetus
Yes.

Stranger
And further, if being is not a whole through


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