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Athenian
That which most people account to be the most scientific of all arguments.Clinias
Explain more clearly.Athenian
It is stated by some that all things which are coming into existence, or have or will come into existence, do so partly by nature, partly by art, and partly owing to chance.Clinias
Is it not a right statement?Athenian
It is likely, to be sure, that what men of science say is true. Anyhow, let us follow them up, and consider
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Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 10 & 11 translated by R.G. Bury. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967 & 1968.
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