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In the speech in which he challenged all and sundry to falsify the higher theory of forms, Socrates (so we are told) “kept from moment to moment expecting Parmenides and Zeno to get annoyed” (130a3–5). But Socrates' expectations were not rewarded. Rather, Parmenides and Zeno “both paid close attention to Socrates and often glanced at each other and smiled, as though they admired him” (130a5–7). And at the conclusion of the speech, just before launching into his criticisms of the higher theory, Parmenides compliments Socrates on his “keenness for argument” (130b1).
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In the speech in which he challenged all and sundry to falsify the higher theory of forms, Socrates (so we are told) “kept from moment to moment expecting Parmenides and Zeno to get annoyed” (130a3–5). But Socrates' expectations were not rewarded. Rather, Parmenides and Zeno “both paid close attention to Socrates and often glanced at each other and smiled, as though they admired him” (130a5–7). And at the conclusion of the speech, just before launching into his criticisms of the higher theory, Parmenides compliments Socrates on his “keenness for argument” (130b1).
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