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2017-09-26 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides - Difference Needed for Both Limited and Unlimited

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp4 Sections: 158b-158d Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, Regina, JulieH, Eldar Intro chit-chat News: China: 2020, no new gasoline cars allowed Levitowns levelled in Puerto Rico, built in a marsh, below an insufficient dam Dams in principle are absured: collect dust/mud Trump: we don't have to do anything because they're deeply in debt Trump and NFL: PG predicts Trump will win this one, NFL losing popularity anyway, T knows how to pick a fight 0:12:58 we left with the introduction of the problem of difference (in the 4th) 2,3: deal with reality, 4: appearance. so 4 requires 'difference'. how do you explain the essential origin of 'appearance'? why does it follow that if there is reality, there has to be appearance? pierre's grandson: a shadow always follows: the power of the sun 0:18:50 - 158b going from the singular to the plural - how? sharing - not finished - so not participating in the Self (which is not partable) 158c Multitudes of things (ignoring their pa both ignoring and needing difference "Difference" is necessary for creation Other vs different It's not same and other, it should be same and different in the Timaeus 158d different still import

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