something that's equal – I don't mean a stick that's equal to a stick, or a stone that's equal to a stone, or anything like that, but some further thing over and above all of these, that is, the equal itself: are we to say that something of the sort exists,1 or not?' 'Zeus! Yes,' said Simmias; 'indeed we are, most emphatically!' 'And do we also know what it is?' 'Yes, definitely,' said Simmias. 'And where have we got our knowledge of it from? Isn't it from the things we were mentioning just now…
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