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most rightly as nothing at all. To that which
is not we of necessity assigned nescience, and to that which is,
knowledge.” “Rightly,” he said.
“Then neither that which is nor that which is not is the object of
opinion.” “It seems not.” “Then
opinion would be neither nescience nor knowledge.” “So
it seems.” “Is it then a faculty outside of these,
exceeding either knowledge in lucidity or ignorance in obscurity?”
“It is neither.” “But do you deem opinion
something darker than knowledge but brighter than ignorance?”
“Much so,” he said. “And does it lie within
the boundaries
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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