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Ath。Come，then，andifeverwearetocallupontheGods，letuscalluponthemnowinallseriousnesstocometothedemonstrationoftheirownexistence。Andsoholdingfasttotheropewewillventureuponthedepthsoftheargument。Whenquestionsofthissortareaskedofme，mysafestanswerwouldappeartobeasfollows：-Someonesaystome，“OStranger，areallthingsatrestandnothinginmotion，oristheexactoppositeofthistrue，oraresomethingsinmotionandothersatrest？-TothisIshallreplythatsomethingsareinmotionandothersatrest。“Anddonotthingswhichmoveaplace，andarenotthethingswhichareatrestatrestinaplace？“Certainly。“Andsomemoveorrestinoneplaceandsomeinmoreplacesthanone？“Youmeantosay，weshallrejoin，thatthosethingswhichrestatthecentremoveinoneplace，justasthecircumferencegoesroundofglobeswhicharesaidtobeatrest？
“Yes。“Andweobservethat，intherevolution，themotionwhichcarriesroundthelargerandthelessercircleatthesametimeisproportionallydistributedtogreaterandsmaller，andisgreaterandsmallerinacertainproportion。Hereisawonderwhichmightbethoughtanimpossibility，thatthesamemotionshouldimpartswiftnessandslownessindueproportiontolargerandlessercircles。“Verytrue。“Andwhenyouspeakofbodiesmovinginmanyplaces，youseemtometomeanthosewhichmovefromoneplacetoanother，andsometimeshaveonecentreofmotionandsometimesmorethanonebecausetheyturnupontheiraxis；andwhenevertheymeetanything，ifitbestationary，theyaredividedbyit；butiftheygetinthemidstbetweenbodieswhichareapproachingandmovingtowardsthesamespotfromoppositedirections，theyunitewiththem。“Iadmitthetruthofwhatyouaresaying。“Alsowhentheyunitetheygrow，andwhentheyaredividedtheywasteaway-thatis，supposingtheconstitutionofeachtoremain，orifthatfails，thenthereisasecondreasonoftheirdissolution。“Andwhenareallthingscreatedandhow？“Clearly，theyarecreatedwhenthefirstprinciplereceivesincreaseandattainstotheseconddimension，andfromthisarrivesattheonewhichisneighbourtothis，andafterreachingthethirdbecomesperceptibletosense。Everythingwhichisthuschangingandmovingisinprocessofgeneration；onlywhenatresthasitrealexistence，butwhenpassingintoanotherstateitisdestroyedutterly。Havewenotmentionedallmotionsthatthereare，andcomprehendedthemundertheirkindsandnumberedthemwiththeexception，myfriends，oftwo？
Cle。Whicharethey？
Ath。Justthetwo，withwhichourpresentenquiryisconcerned。
Cle。Speakplainer。
Ath。Isupposethatourenquiryhasreferencetothesoul？
Cle。Verytrue。
Ath。Letusassumethatthereisamotionabletomoveotherthings，butnottomoveitself；-thatisonekind；andthereisanotherkindwhichcanmoveitselfaswellasotherthings，workingincompositionanddecomposition，byincreaseanddiminutionandgenerationanddestruction-thatisalsooneofthemanykindsofmotion。
Cle。Granted。
Ath。Andwewillassumethatwhichmovesother，andischangedbyother，tobetheninth，andthatwhichchangesitselfandothers，andisco-incidentwitheveryactionandeverypassion，andisthetrueprincipleofchangeandmotioninallthatis-thatweshallbeinclinedtocallthetenth。
Cle。Certainly。
Ath。Andwhichofthesetenmotionsoughtwetopreferasbeingthemightiestandmostefficient？
Cle。Imustsaythatthemotionwhichisabletomoveitselfistenthousandtimessuperiortoa
