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HERMOGENES: I should explain to you, Socrates, that our friend Cratylushas been arguing about names; he says that they are natural and notconventional; not a portion of the human voice which men agree to use;but that there is a truth or correctness in them, which is the same forHellenes as for barbarians. Whereupon I ask him, whether his own nameof Cratylus is a true name or not, and he answers 'Yes.' And Socrates?'Yes.' Then every man's name, as I tell him, is that which he is called.