How is that?
Right.
If other than itself it would be other than one, Neither will one be the same with itself.
and would not be one.
How not?
True.
Surely the nature of the one is not the nature And if the same with other, it would be that of the same.
other, and not itself; so that upon this supposi-Why not?
tion too, it would not have the nature of one, but It is not when anything becomes the same with would be other than one?
anything that it becomes one.
It would.
What of that?
Then it will not be the same with other, or other Anything which becomes the same with the than itself?
many, necessarily becomes many and not one.
It will not.
True.
Neither will it be other than other, while it re-But, if there were no difference between the mains one; for not one, but only other, can be one and the same, when a thing became the other than other, and nothing else.
same, it would always become one; and when it True.
became one, the same?
Then not by virtue of being one will it be other?
Certainly.
Certainly not.
And, therefore, if one be the same with itself, But if not by virtue of being one, not by virtue it is not one with itself, and will therefore be one of itself; and if not by virtue of itself, not itself, and also not one.
and itself not being other at all, will not be other Surely that is impossible.
than anything?