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Stranger
Then was I mistaken just now in saying that the difficulty I was going to speak of was the greatest in our subject.Theaetetus
But is there a still greater one that we can mention?Stranger
Why, my dear fellow, don't you see, by the very arguments we have used, that not-being reduces him who would refute it to such difficulties that when he attempts to refute it he is forced to contradict himself?Theaetetus
What do you mean? Speak still more clearly.Stranger
You must not look for more clearness in me;
Then was I mistaken just now in saying that the difficulty I was going to speak of was the greatest in our subject.Theaetetus
But is there a still greater one that we can mention?Stranger
Why, my dear fellow, don't you see, by the very arguments we have used, that not-being reduces him who would refute it to such difficulties that when he attempts to refute it he is forced to contradict himself?Theaetetus
What do you mean? Speak still more clearly.Stranger
You must not look for more clearness in me;
