Iagreewithyou，Parmenides，saidSocrates;andwhatyousayisverymuchtomymind。
Andyet，Socrates，saidParmenides，ifaman，fixinghisattentionontheseandthelikedifficulties，doesawaywithideasofthingsandwillnotadmitthateveryindividualthinghasitsowndeterminateideawhichisalwaysoneandthesame，hewillhavenothingonwhichhismindcanrest;andsohewillutterlydestroythepowerofreasoning，asyouseemtometohaveparticularlynoted。
Verytrue，hesaid。
But，then，whatistobecomeofphilosophy？Whithershallweturn，iftheideasareunknown？
Icertainlydonotseemywayatpresent。