of the Sympos. from kad odpora through émernder'-
para and pabhjpara, while resembling roughly the
dvOpwros, tip—kahov, dyafov—ev, rodAGd of our
130 B, in crescendo abstractness, show a much
firmer grasp of the subject. In the Parmenides
the process is treated almost hopelessly—as a
chasing of the rainbow. Nor must we mistake the
contention. Our ideas of generalization are not
what Plato has in his mind here (Introd. xliv.)
though they do seem to be something like what he
assumes in the dialogues just quoted. His mean-
ing would be better suggested thus—


éxl mavra idévre then come successive generalizations.
