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262 Str. And again, when lion, stag, horse, and all other names of those who perform these actions are uttered, such a succession of words does not yet make discourse; for in neither case do the words uttered indicate action or inaction or existence of anything that exists or does not exist, until the verbs are mingled with the nouns; then the words fit, and their first combination is a sentence, about the first and shortest form of discourse.

262 Theaet. What do you mean by that?

262 Str. When one says a man learns, you agree that this is the least and first of sentences, do you not?

262 Theaet. Yes.

262 Str. For when he says that, he makes a statement about that which is or is becoming or has become or is to be; he does not merely give names, but he reaches a conclusion by combining verbs with nouns. That is why we said that he discourses and does not merely give names, and therefore we gave to this combination the name of discourse.

262 Theaet. That was right.

262 Str. So, then, just as of things some fit each other and some do not, so too some vocal signs do not fit, but some of them do fit and form discourse.

262 Theaet. Certainly.

262 Str. Now there is another little point.

262 Theaet. What is it?

262 Str. A sentence, if it is to be a sentence, must have a subject; without a subject it is impossible.

262 Theaet. True.

262 Str. And it must also be of some quality, must it not?

262 Theaet. Of course.

262 Str. Now let us pay attention to each other.

262 Theaet. Yes, at any rate we ought to do so.

262 Str. Now, then, I will speak a sentence to you in which a action and the result of action are combined by means of a noun and a verb, and whatever the subject of the sentence is do you tell me.

263 Theaet. I will, to the best of my ability.

263 Str. Theaetetus sits. It isn’t a long sentence, is it?

263 Theaet. No, it is fairly short.

263 Str. Now it is for you to say what it is about and what its subject is.

263 Theaet. Clearly it is about me, and I am its subject.

263 Str. And how about this sentence?

263 Theaet. What one?

263 Str. Theaetetus, with whom I am now talking, flies.

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