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2018-02-28 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp4,hyp8) - Culture of Chaos

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp4;hyp8 Sections: 158c (P19-P21), 164c-165b (P8-P17) Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, JulieH, Eldar Re-reading hyp4: 158c (P19-P21) to compare with hyp8 regarding infinite multitude Then hyp8, starting with P8 (164c) Infinite multitude, both in 4 & 8, but going to different conclusions Sudden appearance, here, like a dream Does it help to come to a general idea of what each of these hypotheses can represent, so that then you can use the idea once you find it, as a way of ordering all of the parts, so that it can remain with you as a unity? (e.g., the Greeks personified these ideas as gods) 0:24:00 Proclus, Elements of Theology, Proposition 01 (he uses unity, though) Other by multitude, not by unity. And that multitude is a mass of selves Appearance: sudden opposites - comparative judgements are relative. Now apply that to self! So no standards - only comparisons They can switch / become one another with the slightest difference Proteus personifies this 0:48:45 P9 - Belief in the divided line? The source of the shadows on the cave? Reflections of images 0:52:30 P10 - None are ones 0:53:55 P11 0:56:00 P12 odd/even male/female 0:59:40 P13 - contin

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