Impossible。
Butthen，thatwhichcontainsmustbeotherthanthatwhichiscontained？forthesamewholecannotdoandsufferbothatonce;andifso，onewillbenolongerone，buttwo？
True。
Thenonecannotbeanywhere，eitherinitselforinanother？
No。
Furtherconsider，whetherthatwhichisofsuchanaturecanhaveeitherrestormotion。
Whynot？
Why，becausetheone，ifitweremoved，wouldbeeithermovedinplaceorchangedinnature;forthesearetheonlykindsofmotion。
Yes。
Andtheone，whenitchangesandceasestobeitself，cannotbeanylongerone。
Itcannot。
Itcannotthereforeexperiencethesortofmotionwhichischangeofnature？
Clearlynot。
Thencanthemotionoftheonebeinplace？
Perhaps。
Butiftheonemovedinplace，mustitnoteithermoveroundandroundinthesameplace，orfromoneplacetoanother？
Itmust。
Andthatwhichmovesinacirclemustrestuponacentre;andthatwhichgoesrounduponacentremusthavepartswhicharedifferentfromthecentre;butthatwhichhasnocentreandnopartscannotpossiblybecarriedrounduponacentre？
Impossible。
Butperhapsthemotionoftheoneconsistsinchangeofplace？
Perhapsso，ifitmovesatall。
Andhavewenotalreadyshownthatitcannotbeinanything？
Yes。
Thenitscomingintobeinginanythingisstillmoreimpossible;
isitnot？
Idonotseewhy。
Why，becauseanythingwhichcomesintobeinginanything，canneitherasyetbeinthatotherthingwhilestillcomingintobeing，norbealtogetheroutofit，ifalreadycomingintobeinginit。
Certainlynot。
Andthereforewhatevercomesintobeinginanothermusthaveparts，andthenonepartmaybein，andanotherpartoutofthatother;butthatwhichhasnopartscanneverbeatoneandthesametimeneitherwhollywithinnorwhollywithoutanything。
True。
Andistherenotastillgreaterimpossibilityinthatwhichhasnoparts，andisnotawhole，comingintobeinganywhere，sinceitcannotcomeintobeingeitherasapartorasawhole？
Clearly。
Thenitdoesnotchangeplacebyrevolvinginthesamespot，notbygoingsomewhereandcomingintobeinginsomething;noragain，bychangeinitself？
Verytrue。
Theninrespectofanykindofmotiontheoneisimmoveable？
Immoveable。
Butneithercantheonebeinanything，asweaffirm。
Yes，wesaidso。
Thenitisneverinthesame？
Whynot？
Becauseifitwereinthesameitwouldbeinsomething。
Certainly。
Andwesaidthatitcouldnotbeinitself，andcouldnotbeinother？
True。
Thenoneisneverinthesameplace？
Itwouldseemnot。
Butthatwhichisneverinthesameplaceisneverquietoratrest？
Never。
Onethen，aswouldseem，isneitherrestnorinmotion？
Itcertainlyappearsso。
Neitherwillitbethesamewithitselforother;noragain，otherthanitselforother。
Howisthat？
Ifotherthanitselfitwouldbeotherthanone，andwouldnotbeone。
True。
Andifthesamewithother，itwouldbethatother，andnotitself;sothatuponthissuppositiontoo，itwouldnothavethenatureofone，butwouldbeotherthanone？
Itwould。
Thenitwillnotbethesamewithother，orotherthanitself？
Itwillnot。
Neitherwillitbeotherthanother，whileitremainsone;fornotone，butonlyother，canbeotherthanother，andnothingelse。
True。
Thennotbyvirtueofbeingonewillitbeother？
Certainlynot。
Butifnotbyvirtueofbeingone，notbyvirtueofitself;andifnotbyvirtueofitself，notitself，anditselfnotbeingotheratall，willnotbeotherthananything？
Right。
Neitherwillonebethesamewithitself。
Hownot？
Surelythenatureoftheoneisnotthenatureofthesame。
Whynot？
Itisnotwhenanythingbecomesthesamewithanythingthatitbecomesone。
Whatofthat？
Anythingwhichbecomesthesamewiththemany，necessarilybecomesmanyandnotone。
True。
But，iftherewerenodifferencebetweentheoneandthesame，whenathingbecamethesame，itwouldalwaysbecomeone;andwhenitbecameone，thesame？
Certainly。
And，therefore，ifonebethesamewithitself，itisnotonewithitself，andwillthereforebeoneandalsonotone。
Surelythatisimpossible。
Andthereforetheonecanneitherbeotherthanother，northesamewithitself。
Impossible。
Andthustheonecanneitherbethesame，norother，eitherinrelationtoitselforother？
No。
Neitherwilltheonebelikeanythingorunlikeitselforother。
Whynot？
Becauselikenessissamenessofaffections。
Yes。
Andsamenesshasbeenshowntobeofanaturedistinctfromoneness？
Thathasbeenshown。
Butiftheonehadanyotheraffectionthanthatofbeingone，itwouldbeaffectedinsuchawayastobemorethanone;whichisimpossible。
True。
Thentheonecanneverbesoaffectedastobethesameeitherwithanotherorwithitself？
Clearlynot。
Thenitcannotbelikeanother，orlikeitself？
No。
Norcanitbeaffectedsoastobeother，forthenitwouldbeaffectedinsuchawayastobemorethanone。
Itwould。
Thatwhichisaffectedotherwisethanitselforanother，willbeunlikeitselforanother，forsamenessofaffectionsislikeness。
True。
Buttheone，asappears，neverbeingaffectedotherwise，isneverunlikeitselforother？
Never。
Thentheonewillneverbeeitherlikeorunlikeitselforother？
Plainlynot。
Again，beingofthisnature，itcanneitherbeequalnorunequaleithertoitselfortoother。
Howisthat？
Why，becausetheoneifequalmustbeofthesamemeasuresasthattowhichitisequal。
True。
Andifgreaterorlessthanthingswhicharecommensurablewithit，theonewillhavemoremeasuresthanthatwhichisless，andfewerthanthatwhichisgreater？
Yes。
Andsoofthingswhicharenotcommensuratewithit，theonewillhavegreatermeasuresthanthatwhichislessandsmallerthanthatwhichisgreater。
Certainly。
Buthowcanthatwhichdoesnotpartakeofsameness，haveeitherthesamemeasuresorhaveanythingelsethesame？
Impossible。
Andnothavingthesamemeasures，theonecannotbeequaleitherwithitselforwithanother？
Itappearsso。
Butagain，whetherithavefewerormoremeasures，itwillhaveasmanypartsasithasmeasures;andthusagaintheonewillbenolongeronebutwillhaveasmanypartsasmeasures。
Right。
Andifitwereofonemeasure，itwouldbeequaltothatmeasure;
yetithasbeenshowntobeincapableofequality。
