Objection by Sokrates--That Protagoras puts all men on a level as to wisdom and folly, knowledge and ignorance 292 Objection unfounded--What the Protagorean theory really affirms--Belief always relative to the believer's mind _ib._ Each man believes others to be wiser on various points than himself--Belief on authority--not inconsistent with the affirmation of Protagoras 293 Analogy of physical processes (cutting and burning) appealed to by Sokrates--does not sustain his inference against Protagoras 294 Reply of Protagoras to the Platonic objections 295 Sentiments of Belief and Disbelief, common to all men--Grounds of belief and disbelief, different with different men and different ages 295 Protagoras did not affirm, that Belief depended upon the will or inclination of each individual but that it was relative to the circumstances of each individual mind 297 Facts of sense--some are the same to all sentient subjects, others are different to different subjects. Grounds of unanimity 298 Sokrates exemplifies his theory of the Absolute Name or the Name-Form. He attempts to show the inherent rectitude of many existing names. His etymological transitions 299 These transitions appear violent to a modern reader. They did not appear so to readers of Plato until this century. Modern discovery, that they are intended as caricatures to deride the Sophists 302 Dissent from this theory--No proof that the Sophists ever proposed etymologies 304 Plato did not intend to propose mock-etymologies, or to deride any one. Protagoras could not be ridiculed here. Neither Hermogenes nor Kratylus understand the etymologies as caricature 306 Plato intended his theory as serious, but his exemplifications as admissible** guesses. He does not cite particular cases as proofs of a theory, but only as illustrating what he means 308 Sokrates announces himself as Searcher. Other etymologists of ancient times admitted etymologies as rash as those of Plato 310 Continuance of the dialogue--Sokrates endeavours to explain how it is that the Names originally right have become so disguised and spoiled 312 Letters, as well as things, must be distinguished with their essential properties, each must be adapted to each 313 Essential significant aptitude consists in resemblance _ib._ Sokrates assumes that the Name-giving Lawgiver was a believer in the Herakleitean theory 314 But the Name-Giver may be mistaken or incompetent--the rectitude of the name depends upon his knowledge 315 Changes and transpositions introduced in the name--hard to follow 315 Sokrates qualifies and attenuates his original thesis 316 Conversation of Sokrates with Kratylus; who upholds that original thesis without any qualification _ib._ Sokrates goes still farther towards retracting it 317