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Socrates
And, again, we shall find that, on the same principle, that which is made or created differs in name only from that which comes into being, shall we not?Protarchus
We shall.Socrates
And the creative agent always naturally leads, and that which is created follows after it as it comes into being?Protarchus
Certainly.Socrates
Then the cause and that which is the servant of the cause for the purpose of generation are not the same.Protarchus
Of course not.Socrates
Did not the things which come into being and the things out of which they come into being furnish us all the three classes?Protarchus
Certainly.
And, again, we shall find that, on the same principle, that which is made or created differs in name only from that which comes into being, shall we not?Protarchus
We shall.Socrates
And the creative agent always naturally leads, and that which is created follows after it as it comes into being?Protarchus
Certainly.Socrates
Then the cause and that which is the servant of the cause for the purpose of generation are not the same.Protarchus
Of course not.Socrates
Did not the things which come into being and the things out of which they come into being furnish us all the three classes?Protarchus
Certainly.