all one and the same, they have no claim to be counted among things desirable?'
'Yes; this was clearly proved, and cannot in any wise be doubted.'
'Now, when things are far from being good while they are different, but become good as soon as they are one, is it not true that these become good by acquiring unity?'
'It seems so,' said I.
'But dost not thou allow that all which is good is good by participation in goodness?'
'It is.'
'Then, thou must on similar grounds admit that unity and goodness are the same; for when the effects of things in their natural working differ not, their essence is one and the same.'
'There is no denying it.'
'Now, dost thou know,' said she, 'that all which is abides and subsists so long as it continues one, but