But then, again, a thing which is in another place from "itself," if
this "itself" remains in the same place with itself, must be other
than "itself," for it will be in another place?
True.
Then the one has been shown to be at once in itself and in another?
Yes.
Thus, then, as appears, the one will be other than itself?
True.
Well, then, if anything be other than anything, will it not be other
than that which is other?
Certainly.
And will not all things that are not one, be other than the one, and
the one other than the not-one?
Of course.
Then the one will be other than the others?
True.
But, consider:-Are not the absolute same, and the absolute other,
opposites to one another?
Of course.
Then will the same ever be in the other, or the other in the same?
They will not.
If then the other is never in the same, there is nothing in which
the other is during any space of time; for during that space of
time, however small, the other would be in the game. Is not that true?
Yes.
And since the other-is never in the same, it can never be in anything
that is.
True.
Then the other will never be either in the not one, or in the one?
Certainly not.
Then not by reason of otherness is the one other than the not-one,
or the not-one other than the one.
No.
Nor by reason of themselves will they be other than one another,
if not partaking of the other.
How can they be?
But if they are not other, either by reason of themselves or of
the other, will they not altogether escape being other than one
another?
They will.
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