 Note that Socrates was a wise, snub-nosed philosopher, who happened to be Plato’s finest teacher. From this story, we can infer that “Socrates was wise” is true and, we might reasonably suppose, it expresses a (true) proposition, &lt;Socrates was wise&gt;. Similarly, we can take it that “Plato’s finest teacher was wise” is also true and it expresses a (true) proposition, &lt;Plato’s finest teacher was wise&gt;. [See the entry on  propositions.]