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2017-05-03 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides plg - The Power of Likeness and Difference, and their Relationship to The Self

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: plg;hyp2 Sections: 132c 132d 132e 143c 143d Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Regina, Eldar, Yoni, JulieH (Note: Not sure whether the lower half of today's diagram was actually from Monday. I am working on figuring it out.) My (JAS) poor notes, such as they are. Please submit corrections/additions, and I'll work them in thanks. Continuing on the quest of understanding Socrates. Our goal is to get to that great quote at 141D (B?) what are you going to do with the Self? Is it an Idea (in the Greek sense)? Independent of being an Idea? Are the selves an Idea? And which category should they be in if they are? Is it possible that some are (in there) and some are not? (Several suggestions for where to start out, which didn't really get started until 10:15 or so.) 132e (redo) Then Regina's question about infinite regress Pierre drawing on board Barbara Like vs Equal vs Same The "Condition" for something H2O the condition for fire (really?) Can there be two things if they are not different? Difference is the condition for not only the separation but the creation of two things. And it must have some power. If something has power and can function, it must b

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