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Stranger

Str. Then, to include in our discussion all those who have ever engaged in any talk whatsoever about being, let us address our present arguments to these men as well as to all those with whom we were conversing before, and let us employ the form of questions.

Theaetetus

Theaet. What are the arguments? 10

Stranger

Str. Shall we attribute neither being to rest and motion, nor any attribute to anything, but shall we in our discussions assume that they do not mingle and cannot participate in one another? Or shall we gather all things together, believing that they are capable of combining with one another? Or are some capable of it and others not? Which of these alternatives, Theaetetus, should we say is their choice?

Theaetetus

Theaet. I cannot answer these questions for them.

Stranger

Str. Then why did you not answer each separately and see what the result was in each case?

Theaetetus

Theaet. A good suggestion.

Stranger

Str. And let us, if you please, assume that they say first that nothing has any power to combine with anything else. Then motion and rest will have no share in being, will they? 15

Theaetetus

Theaet. No.

Stranger

Str. Well, then, will either of them be, if it has no share in being?

Theaetetus

Theaet. It will not.