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Again, is the not - one part of the one; or rather, would it not in that case partake of the one?

It would.

If then, in every point of view, the one and the not - one are distinct, then neither is the one part or whole of the not - one, nor is the not - one part or whole of the one?

No.

But we said that things which are neither parts nor wholes of one another, nor other than one another, will be the same with one another:  - so we said?

Yes.

Then shall we say that the one, being in this relation to the not - one, is the same with it?

Let us say so.

Then it is the same with itself and the others, and also other than itself and the others.

That appears to be the inference. And it will also be like and unlike itself and the others?

Perhaps.

Since the one was shown to be other than the others, the others will also be other than the one.

Yes.

And the one is other than the others in the same degree that the others are other than it, and neither more nor less?

True.

And if neither more nor less, then in a like degree?

Yes.

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