I should say not.
They have.
And what are its relations to other things? Is it And since it came into being first it must be or does it become older or younger than they?
supposed to have come into being prior to the I cannot tell you.
others, and the others later; and the things which You can at least tell me that others than the came into being later, are younger than that one are more than the one—other would have which preceded them? And so the other things been one, but the others have multitude, and are will be younger than the one, and the one older more than one?
than other things?
They will have multitude.
True.
And a multitude implies a number larger than What would you say of another question? Can one?
the one have come into being contrary to its own Of course.
nature, or is that impossible?
And shall we say that the lesser or the greater Impossible.
is the first to come or to have come into exist-And yet, surely, the one was shown to have ence?
parts; and if parts, then a beginning, middle and The lesser.
end?
Then the least is the first? And that is the one?
Yes.
Yes.
And a beginning, both of the one itself and of Then the one of all things that have number is all other things, comes into being first of all; and the first to come into being; but all other things after the beginning, the others follow, until you have also number, being plural and not singular.
reach the end?