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Theaetetus

THEAET. Do you mean what I myself suspected when we made the statement to which you refer, that sometimes I, though I know Socrates, saw at a distance someone whom I did not know, and thought it was Socrates whom I do know? In such a case false opinion does arise.

Socrates

SOC. But did not we reject that, because it resulted in our knowing and not knowing the things which we know? 5

Theaetetus

THEAET. Certainly we did.

Socrates

SOC. Let us, then, not make that assumption, but another; perhaps it will turn out well for us, perhaps the opposite. But we are in such straits that we must turn every argument round and test it from all sides. Now see if this is sensible: Can a man who did not know a thing at one time learn it later?

Theaetetus

THEAET. To be sure he can.

Socrates

SOC. Again, then, can he learn one thing after another?

Theaetetus

THEAET. Why not? 10

Socrates

SOC. Please assume, then, for the sake of argument, that there is in our souls a block of wax, in one case larger, in another smaller, in one case the wax is purer, in another more impure and harder, in some cases softer, and in some of proper quality.

Theaetetus

THEAET. I assume all that.