There is a book by a famous contemporary to Plato.

和柏拉图同代还有另一位大匠。

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In this case, it's cutting up from the bottom end, which makes sense because the thing I'm looking for is always bigger than the midpoint and then, I don't know, let's pick something in between. Somebody want-- ah, I keep doing that-- somebody like to give me a number?

排除元素，这是讲得通的，因为我总是找比中点大的元素,那让我们挑一个同,中点之间的元素吧,我再来试试，谁给我个数字吧,我知道你们想给我些其他东西？

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