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THEAET. Yes, I do.
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SOC. Do you then say that all and the whole are the same, or that each of the two is different from the other?
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THEAET. I am not sure; but you tell me to answer boldly, so I take the risk and say that they are different.
204
SOC. Your boldness, Theaetetus, is right; but whether your answer is so remains to be seen.
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THEAET. Yes, certainly, we must see about that.
204
SOC. The whole, then, according to our present view, would differ from all?
204
THEAET. Yes.
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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?
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THEAET. Of the same.
204
SOC. That is, of six?
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THEAET. Yes.
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SOC. Then in each form of speech we have spoken of all the six?
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THEAET. Yes.
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SOC. And again do we not speak of one thing when we speak of them all?
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THEAET. Assuredly.
204
SOC. That is, of six?
204
THEAET. Yes.
204
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?
204
THEAET. Apparently.
204
SOC. Here is another way of approaching the matter. The number of the fathom and the fathom are the same, are they not?
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THEAET. Yes.
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SOC. And of the furlong likewise.
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THEAET. Yes.
204
SOC. And the number of the army is the same as the army, and all such cases are alike? In each of them all the number is all the thing.
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THEAET. Yes.
204
SOC. And is the number of each anything but the parts of each?
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THEAET. No.
204
SOC. Everything that has parts, accordingly, consists of parts, does it not?
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THEAET. Evidently.
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SOC. But we are agreed that the all must be all the parts if all the number is to be the all. Cf. Plat. Theaet. 204b