Plato, Sophist, section 264d

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[264d] nor appearance exists at all, because falsehood never exists anywhere in any way.

Theaetetus
True.

Stranger
But now, since the existence of false speech and false opinion has been proved, it is possible for imitations of realities to exist and for an art of deception to arise from this condition of mind.

Theaetetus
Yes, it is possible.

Stranger
And we decided some time ago that the sophist was in one of those two divisions of the image-making class.

Theaetetus
Yes.

Stranger
Then let us try again; let us divide in two

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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