Norcanthewholebeinsomeoftheparts;forifthewholewereinsomeoftheparts,thegreaterwouldbeintheless,whichisimpossible。
  Yes,impossible。
  Butifthewholeisneitherinone,norinmorethanone,norinalloftheparts,itmustbeinsomethingelse,orceasetobeanywhereatall?
  Certainly。
  Ifitwerenowhere,itwouldbenothing;butbeingawhole,andnotbeinginitself,itmustbeinanother。
  Verytrue。
  Theonethen,regardedasawhole,isinanother,butregardedasbeingallitsparts,isinitself;andthereforetheonemustbeitselfinitselfandalsoinanother。
  Certainly。
  Theonethen,beingofthisnature,isofnecessitybothatrestandinmotion?
  How?
  Theoneisatrestsinceitisinitself,forbeinginone,andnotpassingoutofthis,itisinthesame,whichisitself。
  True。
  Andthatwhichiseverinthesame,mustbeeveratrest?
  Certainly。
  Well,andmustnotthat,onthecontrary,whichiseverinother,neverbeinthesame;andifneverinthesame,neveratrest,andifnotatrest,inmotion?
  True。
  Thentheonebeingalwaysitselfinitselfandother,mustalwaysbebothatrestandinmotion?
  Clearly。
  Andmustbethesamewithitself,andotherthanitself;andalsothesamewiththeothers,andotherthantheothers;thisfollowsfromitspreviousaffections。
  Howso?
  Everythinginrelationtoeveryotherthing,iseitherthesameorother;orifneitherthesamenorother,thenintherelationofaparttoawhole,orofawholetoapart。
  Clearly。
  Andistheoneapartofitself?
  Certainlynot。
  Sinceitisnotapartinrelationtoitselfitcannotberelatedtoitselfaswholetopart?
  Itcannot。
  Butistheoneotherthanone?
  No。
  Andthereforenototherthanitself?
  Certainlynot。
  Ifthenitbeneitherother,norawhole,norapartinrelationtoitself,mustitnotbethesamewithitself?
  Certainly。
  Butthen,again,athingwhichisinanotherplacefrom"itself,"ifthis"itself"remainsinthesameplacewithitself,mustbeotherthan"itself,"foritwillbeinanotherplace?
  True。
  Thentheonehasbeenshowntobeatonceinitselfandinanother?
  Yes。
  Thus,then,asappears,theonewillbeotherthanitself?
  True。
  Well,then,ifanythingbeotherthananything,willitnotbeotherthanthatwhichisother?
  Certainly。
  Andwillnotallthingsthatarenotone,beotherthantheone,andtheoneotherthanthenot—one?
  Ofcourse。
  Thentheonewillbeotherthantheothers?
  True。
  But,consider:—Arenottheabsolutesame,andtheabsoluteother,oppositestooneanother?
  Ofcourse。
  Thenwillthesameeverbeintheother,ortheotherinthesame?
  Theywillnot。
  Ifthentheotherisneverinthesame,thereisnothinginwhichtheotherisduringanyspaceoftime;forduringthatspaceoftime,howeversmall,theotherwouldbeinthegame。Isnotthattrue?
  Yes。
  Andsincetheother—isneverinthesame,itcanneverbeinanythingthatis。
  True。
  Thentheotherwillneverbeeitherinthenotone,orintheone?
  Certainlynot。
  Thennotbyreasonofothernessistheoneotherthanthenot—one,orthenot—oneotherthantheone。
  No。
  Norbyreasonofthemselveswilltheybeotherthanoneanother,ifnotpartakingoftheother。
  Howcantheybe?
  Butiftheyarenotother,eitherbyreasonofthemselvesoroftheother,willtheynotaltogetherescapebeingotherthanoneanother?
  Theywill。
  Again,thenot—onecannotpartakeoftheone;otherwiseitwouldnothavebeennot—one,butwouldhavebeeninsomewayone。
  True。
  Norcanthenot—onebenumber;forhavingnumber,itwouldnothavebeennot—oneatall。
  Itwouldnot。
  Again,isthenot—onepartoftheone;orrather,woulditnotinthatcasepartakeoftheone?
  Itwould。
  Ifthen,ineverypointofview,theoneandthenot—onearedistinct,thenneitheristheonepartorwholeofthenot—one,noristhenot—onepartorwholeoftheone?
  No。
  Butwesaidthatthingswhichareneitherpartsnorwholesofoneanother,norotherthanoneanother,willbethesamewithoneanother:—sowesaid?
  Yes。
  Thenshallwesaythattheone,beinginthisrelationtothenot—one,isthesamewithit?
  Letussayso。
  Thenitisthesamewithitselfandtheothers,andalsootherthanitselfandtheothers。
  Thatappearstobetheinference。Anditwillalsobelikeandunlikeitselfandtheothers?
  Perhaps。
  Sincetheonewasshowntobeotherthantheothers,theotherswillalsobeotherthantheone。
  Yes。
  Andtheoneisotherthantheothersinthesamedegreethattheothersareotherthanit,andneithermorenorless?
  True。
  Andifneithermorenorless,theninalikedegree?
  Yes。
  Invirtueoftheaffectionbywhichtheoneisotherthanothersandothersinlikemannerotherthanit,theonewillbeaffectedliketheothersandtheothersliketheone。
  Howdoyoumean?
  Imaytakeasanillustrationthecaseofnames:Yougiveanametoathing?
  Yes。
  Andyoumaysaythenameonceoroftener?
  Yes。
  Andwhenyousayitonce,youmentionthatofwhichitisthename?andwhenmorethanonce,isitsomethingelsewhichyoumention?
  ormustitalwaysbethesamethingofwhichyouspeak,whetheryouutterthenameonceormorethanonce?
  Ofcourseitisthesame。
  Andisnot"other"anamegiventoathing?
  Certainly。
  Whenever,then,youusetheword"other,"whetheronceoroftener,younamethatofwhichitisthename,andtonootherdoyougivethename?
  True。
  Thenwhenwesaythattheothersareotherthantheone,andtheoneotherthantheothers,inrepeatingtheword"other"wespeakofthatnaturetowhichthenameisapplied,andofnoother?
  Quitetrue。
  Thentheonewhichisotherthanothers,andtheotherwhichisotherthantheone,inthattheword"other"isappliedtoboth,willbeinthesamecondition;andthatwhichisinthesameconditionislike?
  Yes。
  Theninvirtueoftheaffectionbywhichtheoneisotherthantheothers,everythingwillbelikeeverything,foreverythingisotherthaneverything。
  True。
  Again,thelikeisopposedtotheunlike?
  Yes。
  Andtheothertothesame?
  Trueagain。
  Andtheonewasalsoshowntobethesamewiththeothers?
  Yes。
  Andtobe,thesamewiththeothersistheoppositeofbeingotherthantheothers?
  Certainly。
  Andinthatitwasotheritwasshowntobelike?
  Yes。
  Butinthatitwasthesameitwillbeunlikebyvirtueoftheoppositeaffectiontothatwhichmadeitandthiswastheaffectionofotherness。
  Yes。
  Thesamethenwillmakeitunlike;otherwiseitwillnotbetheoppositeoftheother。
  True。
  Thentheonewillbebothlikeandunliketheothers;likeinsofarasitisother,andunlikeinsofarasitisthesame。
  Yes,thatargumentmaybeused。
  Andthereisanotherargument。
  What?
  Insofarasitisaffectedinthesamewayitisnotaffectedotherwise,andnotbeingaffectedotherwiseisnotunlike,andnotbeingunlike,islike;butinsofarasitisaffectedbyotheritisotherwise,andbeingotherwiseaffectedisunlike。
  True。
  Thenbecausetheoneisthesamewiththeothersandotherthantheothers,oneitherofthesetwogrounds,oronbothofthem,itwillbebothlikeandunliketheothers?
  Certainly。
  Andinthesamewayasbeingotherthanitself,andthesamewithitselfoneitherofthesetwogroundsandonbothofthem,itwillbelikeandunlikeitself。
  Ofcourse。
  Again,howfarcantheonetouchornottouchitselfandothers?—Consider。
  Iamconsidering。