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fact of consciousness, Plato says that this lands us in the problem of the One and the Many. In teaching young men to argue in that way, Plato was simply placing himself upon a level with the worst of the sophists. How pitiable to see this sublime intellect brought down to such shifts out of jealousy of the young Aristotle! As to the One and the Many, Plato is utterly unprovided with a vocabulary by which he could express any scientific doctrine, if he had any. That many men are made one in the word "man" he sees. This is done [ancient greek?] (15D); but whether this means by words, or by thoughts, or by even giving reasons, or how, we are not clearly told. The word [ancient greek?] stands in the way of any explanation, its broad shield covering every possible theory from attack. Meantime, Plato thinks it highly important to say that we should proceed from the One to Immensity ([ancient greek?]16C) step by step. This means that Plato, at this stage of his development, places an extremely high value upon logical division; while