Again, the not-one cannot partake of the one; otherwise it would not
have been not-one, but would have been in some way one.
True.
Nor can the not-one be number; for having number, it would not
have been not-one at all.
It would not.
Again, is the not-one part of the one; or rather, would it not in
that case partake of the one?
It would.
If then, in every point of view, the one and the not-one are
distinct, then neither is the one part or whole of the not-one, nor is
the not-one part or whole of the one?
No.
But we said that things which are neither parts nor wholes of one
another, nor other than one another, will be the same with one
another: -so we said?
Yes.
Then shall we say that the one, being in this relation to the
not-one, is the same with it?
Let us say so.
Then it is the same with itself and the others, and also other
than itself and the others.
That appears to be the inference. And it will also be like and
unlike itself and the others?
Perhaps.
Since the one was shown to be other than the others, the others will
also be other than the one.
Yes.
And the one is other than the others in the same degree that the
others are other than it, and neither more nor less?
True.
And if neither more nor less, then in a like degree?
Yes.
In virtue of the affection by which the one is other than others and
others in like manner other than it, the one will be affected like the
others and the others like the one.
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