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Theaetetus
THEAET. How so?
Socrates
SOC. Because if there are parts of anything, the whole must inevitably be all the parts; or do you assert also that the whole that has arisen out of the parts is a single concept different from all the parts?
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Theaetetus
THEAET. Yes, I do.
Socrates
SOC. Do you then say that all and the whole are the same, or that each of the two is different from the other?
Theaetetus
THEAET. I am not sure; but you tell me to answer boldly, so I take the risk and say that they are different.
Socrates
SOC. Your boldness, Theaetetus, is right; but whether your answer is so remains to be seen.
Theaetetus
THEAET. Yes, certainly, we must see about that.
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Socrates
SOC. The whole, then, according to our present view, would differ from all?
Socrates
SOC. How about this? Is there any difference between all in the plural and all in the singular? For instance, if we say one, two, three, four, five, six, or twice three, or three times two, or four and two, or three and two and one, are we in all these forms speaking of the same or of different numbers?
Theaetetus
THEAET. Of the same.
Socrates
SOC. That is, of six?
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Socrates
SOC. Then in each form of speech we have spoken of all the six?
Socrates
SOC. And again do we not speak of one thing when we speak of them all?
Theaetetus
THEAET. Assuredly.
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Socrates
SOC. That is, of six?
Socrates
SOC. Then in all things that are made up of number, we apply the same term to all in the plural and all in the singular?
