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2017-06-11 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides - They Have No Logos

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp1;hyp2;hyp6;hyp7 Sections: 161a 163b 163c 163d 163e 164a 164b Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Regina, Nancy, Eldar, JulieH, Yoni, JeffS The difference between Platonic/Parmenidean tradition and other traditions (Buddhist, Taoist): "They Have No Logos". They might have the goal of getting you to the highest experience (Hyp 2) or to knowing the Self (Hyp 1), but they do not use understanding-via-logos to do so. And they cannot help you remember (prevent fading of the experience). What is missing is "using understanding to open the mind." Parmenides: A spiritual work without any religious vocabulary Normally we use relational terms non-metaphysically But Parmenides uses relational terms metaphysically Where do you find the pathologos in the hypotheses? D.C.: wherever the terms are used less than perfectly / purely or inappropriately. 6th: Non-existence can be a property of the One/Self 7th: Denies Non-being cannot be attributed to the pathologos Non-existence CAN be Therefore the pathologos is akin to the 6th, not 7th. Dualism / Zoroastrianism - doesn't fit the hypotheses. It is an ill-conceived notion which is self-contradictory, and therefore

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