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Κρατύλος Plato

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Socrates
Socrates. Then that speech which says things as they are is true, and that which says them as they are not is false?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. Yes.
Socrates
Socrates. It is possible, then, to say in speech that which is and that which is not?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. Certainly.
Socrates
Socrates. But is true speech true only as a whole, and are its parts untrue? 15
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. No, its parts also are true.
Socrates
Socrates. Are the large parts true, but not the small ones, or are all true?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. All, in my opinion.
Socrates
Socrates. Is there, then, anything which you say is a smaller part of speech than a name?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. No, that is the smallest. 20
Socrates
Socrates. And the name is spoken as a part of the true speech?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. Yes.
Socrates
Socrates. Then it is, according to you, true.
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. Yes.
Socrates
Socrates. And a part of false speech is false, is it not? 25
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. It is.
Socrates
Socrates. Then it is possible to utter either a false or a true name, since one may utter speech that is either true or false?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. Yes, of course.
Socrates
Socrates. Then whatever each particular person says is the name of anything, that is its name for that person?
Hermogenes
Hermogenes. Yes. 30

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