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2017-12-27 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp2) - Neverataloss

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp2 Sections: 151e,152a,142b Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, Regina, JulieH, Josh, Eldar, Jed, JeffS We continued in the 2nd hypothesis, starting today at 151e (P183, "19"). Time in the Realm of Ontos. JeffS's confusion (beginning at 16:45) , and Pierre's identifying Jeff's underlying philosophical problem and raising the discussion (starts at 0:29:13) : How can this (the 2nd) hypothesis be related to anything? and Pierre's beautiful, clear answer to his own question, including some definition of terms which makes understanding easier now, in that context . [Though we did not actually read that much today, I for one found it very helpful, because Pierre -- having midwifed me in the past including during Parmenides sessions -- knew the deeper problem I was facing. His raising the issue to a philosophical level and then providing a clear explanation -- i.e., a poros (means of passing through) -- as usual put everything (the 2nd hyp and what we were reading specifically) into focus (phainetai!) for me. The words which previously were 'disjoint' and unintelligible, without unity, suddenly came together and formed a one-ness which I could see and therefore

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