And if they are unlike the one, that which they then it can neither be nor be like?
are unlike will clearly be unlike them?
It cannot.
Clearly so.
But since it is not equal to the others, neither Then the one will have unlikeness in respect of can the others be equal to it?
which the others are unlike it?
Certainly not.
That would seem to be true.
And things that are not equal are unequal?
And if unlikeness to other things is attributed True.
to it, it must have likeness to itself.
And they are unequal to an unequal?
How so?
Of course.
If the one have unlikeness to one, something Then the one partakes of inequality, and in re-else must be meant; nor will the hypothesis respect of this the others are unequal to it?
late to one; but it will relate to something other Very true.
than one?
And inequality implies greatness and small-Quite so.
ness?
But that cannot be.
Yes.
No.
Then the one, if of such a nature, has great-Then the one must have likeness to itself?
ness and smallness?
It must.
That appears to be true.
Again, it is not equal to the others; for if it were And greatness and smallness always stand equal, then it would at once be and be like them apart?
in virtue of the equality; but if one has no being, True.