S. "But not, I presume, between objective truth and subjective
truth, whereof Protagoras spoke?"

A. "What trap are you laying now? I distinguish between them also,
of course."

S. "Tell me, then, dear youth, of your indulgence, what they are;
for I am shamefully ignorant on the matter."

A. "Why, do they not call a thing objectively true, when it is true
absolutely in itself; but subjectively true, when it is true in the
belief of a particular person?"

S. "-Though not necessarily true objectively, that is, absolutely
and in itself?"

A. "No."

S. "But possibly true so?"

A. "Of course."

S. "Now, tell me-a thing is objectively true, is it not, when it is
a fact as it is?"

A. "Yes."

S. "And when it is a fact as it is not, it is objectively false;
for such a fact would not be true absolutely, and in itself, would