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2017-07-23 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides - How does 'Logos' Operate in the Hypotheses? Working Backward from the 8th

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp2;hyp4;hyp6;hyp7;hyp8 Sections: 164b 164c 161a 161b 157e 158a 158c 158d 142e Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Regina, Nancy, JulieH, Eldar, JeffS Looking for 'Logos' in the Parmenides [Working from the text search Barbara made 7/22 of "Logos in Parmenides Citations Only" (listed among our Plato Text Searches )] hyp7, hyp8: Denial of the Logos Pathologos in the 6th "In Relation To" -- always presupposes the activity of the Logos, staring in the 2nd. Now we see it here in the 6th (161b, Parm 16) The Logos maintains the likeness Even Providence presupposes the Logos Providence vs Grace: Grace has no Logos. When Jesus heals people, does it do them any good? Why is it that none of the people he performs miracles on become his disciples or at least followers? Therefore JC is functioning with grace but not with providence or logos. Going to hyp2 (142e, P12): Keep your eye on "maintained" Wherever you see the expression, "in relation to", it presupposes the Self-Logos DC: Is it through the Logos that the nonexistence of the Self can be like the Self? PG: Therefore the 6th is the only one of the negative hypotheses (i.e., 6,7,8,9) where the Logos is op

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