Stranger: Are not thought and speech the same, with this exception, that what is called thought is the unuttered conversation of the soul with herself? Theatetus: Quite true. Stranger: But the stream of thought which flows through the lips and is audible is called speech? Theatetus: True. Stranger: And we know that there exists in speech. Theatetus: What exists? Stranger: Affirmation. Theatetus: Yes, we know it.
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What affirmation and denial are in the case of thinking, pursuit and avoidance are in the case of longing for something.