Andinthisway,theone,ifithasbeing,hasturnedouttobemany?
  True。
  Butnow,letusabstracttheonewhich,aswesay,partakesofbeing,andtrytoimagineitapartfromthatofwhich,aswesay,itpartakes—willthisabstractonebeoneonlyormany?
  One,Ithink。
  Letussee:—Mustnotthebeingofonebeotherthanone?fortheoneisnotbeing,but,consideredasone,onlypartookofbeing?
  Certainly。
  Ifbeingandtheonebetwodifferentthings,itisnotbecausetheoneisonethatitisotherthanbeing;norbecausebeingisbeingthatitisotherthantheone;buttheydifferfromoneanotherinvirtueofothernessanddifference。
  Certainly。
  Sothattheotherisnotthesameeitherwiththeoneorwithbeing?
  Certainlynot。
  Andthereforewhetherwetakebeingandtheother,orbeingandtheone,ortheoneandtheother,ineverysuchcasewetaketwothings,whichmayberightlycalledboth。
  Howso。
  Inthisway—youmayspeakofbeing?
  Yes。
  Andalsoofone?
  Yes。
  Thennowwehavespokenofeitherofthem?
  Yes。
  Well,andwhenIspeakofbeingandone,Ispeakofthemboth?
  Certainly。
  AndifIspeakofbeingandtheother,oroftheoneandtheother—inanysuchcasedoInotspeakofboth?
  Yes。
  Andmustnotthatwhichiscorrectlycalledboth,bealsotwo?
  Undoubtedly。
  Andoftwothingshowcaneitherbyanypossibilitynotbeone?
  Itcannot。
  Then,iftheindividualsofthepairaretogethertwo,theymustbeseverallyone?
  Clearly。
  Andifeachofthemisone,thenbytheadditionofanyonetoanypair,thewholebecomesthree?
  Yes。
  Andthreeareodd,andtwoareeven?
  Ofcourse。
  Andiftherearetwotheremustalsobetwice,andiftherearethreetheremustbethrice;thatis,iftwiceonemakestwo,andthriceonethree?
  Certainly。
  Therearetwo,andtwice,andthereforetheremustbetwicetwo;andtherearethree,andthereisthrice,andthereforetheremustbethricethree?
  Ofcourse。
  Iftherearethreeandtwice,thereistwicethree;andiftherearetwoandthrice,thereisthricetwo?
  Undoubtedly。
  Here,then,wehaveeventakeneventimes,andoddtakenoddtimes,andeventakenoddtimes,andoddtakeneventimes。
  True。
  Andifthisisso,doesanynumberremainwhichhasnonecessitytobe?
  Nonewhatever。
  Thenifoneis,numbermustalsobe?
  Itmust。
  Butifthereisnumber,theremustalsobemany,andinfinitemultiplicityofbeing;fornumberisinfiniteinmultiplicity,andpartakesalsoofbeing:amInotright?
  Certainly。
  Andifallnumberparticipatesinbeing,everypartofnumberwillalsoparticipate?
  Yes。
  Thenbeingisdistributedoverthewholemultitudeofthings,andnothingthatis,howeversmallorhowevergreat,isdevoidofit?And,indeed,theverysuppositionofthisisabsurd,forhowcanthatwhichis,bedevoidofbeing?
  Innoway。
  Anditisdividedintothegreatestandintothesmallest,andintobeingofallsizes,andisbrokenupmorethanallthings;thedivisionsofithavenolimit。
  True。
  Thenithasthegreatestnumberofparts?
  Yes,thegreatestnumber。
  Isthereanyofthesewhichisapartofbeing,andyetnopart?
  Impossible。
  Butifitisatallandsolongasitis,itmustbeone,andcannotbenone?
  Certainly。
  Thentheoneattachestoeverysinglepartofbeing,anddoesnotfailinanypart,whethergreatorsmall,orwhatevermaybethesizeofit?
  True。
  Butreflect:—anoneinitsentirety,beinmanyplacesatthesametime?
  No;Iseetheimpossibilityofthat。
  Andifnotinitsentirety,thenitisdivided;foritcannotbepresentwithallthepartsofbeing,unlessdivided。
  True。
  Andthatwhichhaspartswillbeasmanyasthepartsare?
  Certainly。
  Thenwewerewronginsayingjustnow,thatbeingwasdistributedintothegreatestnumberofparts。Foritisnotdistributedintopartsmorethantheone,intopartsequaltotheone;theoneisneverwantingtobeing,orbeingtotheone,butbeingtwotheyareco—equalandcoextensive。
  Certainlythatistrue。
  Theoneitself,then,havingbeenbrokenupintopartsbybeing,ismanyandinfinite?
  True。
  Thennotonlytheonewhichhasbeingismany,buttheoneitselfdistributedbybeing,mustalsobemany?
  Certainly。
  Further,inasmuchasthepartsarepartsofawhole,theone,asawhole,willbelimited;forarenotthepartscontainedthewhole?
  Certainly。
  Andthatwhichcontains,isalimit?
  Ofcourse。
  Thentheoneifithasbeingisoneandmany,wholeandparts,havinglimitsandyetunlimitedinnumber?
  Clearly。
  Andbecausehavinglimits,alsohavingextremes?
  Certainly。
  Andifawhole,havingbeginningandmiddleandend。Forcananythingbeawholewithoutthesethree?Andifanyoneofthemiswantingtoanything,willthatanylongerbeawhole?
  No。
  Thentheone,asappears,willhavebeginning,middle,andend。
  Itwill。
  But,again,themiddlewillbeequidistantfromtheextremes;oritwouldnotbeinthemiddle?
  Yes。
  Thentheonewillpartakeoffigure,eitherrectilinearorround,oraunionofthetwo?
  True。
  Andifthisisthecase,itwillbebothinitselfandinanothertoo。
  How?
  Everypartisinthewhole,andnoneisoutsidethewhole。
  True。
  Andallthepartsarecontainedbythewhole?
  Yes。
  Andtheoneisallitsparts,andneithermorenorlessthanall?
  No。
  Andtheoneisthewhole?
  Ofcourse。
  Butifallthepartsareinthewhole,andtheoneisallofthemandthewhole,andtheyareallcontainedbythewhole,theonewillbecontainedbytheone;andthustheonewillbeinitself。
  Thatistrue。
  Butthen,again,thewholeisnotintheparts—neitherinalltheparts,norinsomeoneofthem。Forifitisinall,itmustbeinone;foriftherewereanyoneinwhichitwasnot,itcouldnotbeinalltheparts;forthepartinwhichitiswantingisoneofall,andifthewholeisnotinthis,howcanitbeinthemall?
  Itcannot。