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Stranger
And now I think I see two paths leading in that direction in which our argument has started: the quicker way, by separating a relatively small part and a larger, and the other way, which is more in accord with what we said a while ago about the need of making the division as nearly in the middle as we can, but is longer. So we can proceed by whichever of the two we wish.Younger Socrates
Can we not go by both?Stranger
Not by both at once, silly boy; but obviously we can take them in turn.
And now I think I see two paths leading in that direction in which our argument has started: the quicker way, by separating a relatively small part and a larger, and the other way, which is more in accord with what we said a while ago about the need of making the division as nearly in the middle as we can, but is longer. So we can proceed by whichever of the two we wish.Younger Socrates
Can we not go by both?Stranger
Not by both at once, silly boy; but obviously we can take them in turn.
