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2017-09-17 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides - hyp3 - Ousia: A Moment of Participation in the Logos

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp3 Sections: 155e-156c Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, Regina, JulieH, Eldar, JeffS 155e The problem of "because" in P1 of hyp3 bringing in the logic of the hyp1 PG: can we now attribute to the self what he says about the One? so Time is necessary for participating 156a what is he excluding? process 156b Coming to be and dispersing The Process of the One, going in and out of existence There must be something that remains the same between moments -- even if each moment is created uniquely Things that also do not change between moments Therefore, it is a Creation JeffS: no sameness, all change? so same is an illusion. PG: yes, so change is also an illusion Time is a moving image of eternity w/Barbara: levels where are all the g's going? therefore destiny, providence Levels, continued Destiny implying providence implying the GOod implying the Self JeffS: Same-Self connection? PG: yes, the Attic Greek itself was metaphysical Modern greek adds future+duration, which Attic Greek did not have ("adding horns to a snake") Christianity puts all its marbles into Heaven and Hell - a continuing future-duration P12 "But when it is standing still.." Change is in th

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