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2017-06-28 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides - Part/Whole: Describing the Brilliant Light of Being

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp2 Sections: 155c 145d 145e 146a 146b 146c Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, BillG, Eldar, Yoni, Josh, JulieH Note: Pierre still has the diagram up sitting on the table which was used both Monday 6/26 and Sunday 6/25. But he made no additions to it, just referred to it. So you may want to look at yesterday's diagram JPEG, here . Why does he (Parmenides) need difference ? (To unfold Self, he needs the idea of difference. Why?) All of this (on the diagram) may be inferred from, "The One participates in Ousia and Belongs to the Self" Back to 145d Another word for "Brilliant Light of Being" is "Mind" Part and Whole. Going back over the two difficult (ambiguous?) sentences at 146b/c: P: Accordingly then, the One is different than one/oneness? A: In no way P: Accordingly then, nor can it (one/oneness) be different than itself. A: Certainly not. The first of the 4 relationships: P:Therefore, if Self Is neither different nor a whole nor a part in relation to itself, then must self necessarily not already be the same with itself? A: It must. ... "In this way, as it has come to Light, The One Being certainly has to be at-once, both in-itself and in-anothe

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