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and half the size of this other?Boy
Yes.Socrates
Will it not be made from a line longer than the one of these, and shorter than the other?Boy
I think so.Socrates
Excellent: always answer just what you think. Now tell me, did we not draw this line two feet, and that four?Boy
Yes.Socrates
Then the line on the side of the eight-foot figure should be more than this of two feet, and less than the other of four?Boy
It should.
Yes.Socrates
Will it not be made from a line longer than the one of these, and shorter than the other?Boy
I think so.Socrates
Excellent: always answer just what you think. Now tell me, did we not draw this line two feet, and that four?Boy
Yes.Socrates
Then the line on the side of the eight-foot figure should be more than this of two feet, and less than the other of four?Boy
It should.