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Stranger

Str. Some who imitate do so with knowledge of that which they imitate, and others without such knowledge. And yet what division can we imagine more complete than that which separates knowledge and ignorance?

Theaetetus

Theaet. None.

Stranger

Str. The example I just gave was of imitation by those who know, was it not? For a man who imitates you would know you and your figure.

Theaetetus

Theaet. Of course.

Stranger

Str. But what of the figure of justice and, in a word, of virtue in general? Are there not many who have no knowledge of it, but only a sort of opinion, and who try with the greatest eagerness to make this which they themselves think is virtue seem to exist within them, by imitating it in acts and words to the best of their ability? 15

Theaetetus

Theaet. Yes, there are very many such people.

Stranger

Str. Do all of them, then, fail in the attempt to seem to be just when they are not so at all? Or is quite the opposite the case?

Theaetetus

Theaet. Quite the opposite.

Stranger

Str. Then I think we must say that such an imitator is quite distinct from the other, the one who does not know from the one who knows.

Theaetetus

Theaet. Yes. 20