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2018-01-21 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp3) - Your Everyday World Ain't Got the Self

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp3 Sections: 155e (P1), 156c,d (P12-13,P15-16,P18) Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Regina, JulieH, KevinG, Jed, JeffS [Recording was a bit muffled today, as I had forgotten to bring my good Marantz PMD661 recorder and had only my old iRiver H320 as a backup. Thank you for your patience. And thank goodness we were at Regina's (quiet background), and not in a noisy restaurant. Also (as you'll see, below) I petered out on the note-taking in the 2nd half -- am open to and grateful for your contributions! :-) Enjoy. -JS] Initial discussion with Regina: How does the 3rd hypothesis relate to the Self? How does Parmenides understand the idea of the Self in the 3rd hypothesis? (This question needs to be asked in every hypothesis.) New translation of the Parmenides by the Balboas is out (I have not posted it to the Archive here yet.) Structuring out the 3rd hypothesis: What's his Parmenides' strategy? And can we use that as a nice guide to what's going on? Definition of "Being" (P16 at 156c/d) The Self is not in Time (past present future) -- so then where is it? Declension of the Logos -- the only thing running through all 9 hypotheses. The Self-conscio

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