Some of the arguments made by the brothers have deep philosophical implications. This is a dialogue in which fundamental questions of metaphysics and epistemology underlie apparent silliness. To give just one example, the brothers argue that it’s impossible for two people to contradict one another (28sd–286b). If you say that the horse is white, and I say that the horse is black, then we can only be talking about two different things: you’re talking about a white horse and I’m talking about a black horse. If you’re right and there is no black horse, then I’m not talking about anything at
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