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2018-03-14 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp1,hyp9) - They Don't See the Wall

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp9,hyp1 Sections: 137b,137c Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Eldar, JulieH, Regina Synopsis We looked at whether picture thinking was or was not in the 9th Hypothesis. We considered the First Hypothesis in contrast with the Ninth. While Pierre went to the board and made a vertical line with the 1st and 9th on either side we added only one line which I think was mentioned on the tape. That is, I think, a work in progress. The diagram -- simple as it was -- was not emailed to me. Perhaps next time. Notes Internal vs external thinking: they don't see the wall. No contact with Real Beings. People in the stock market. Image thinking in the 9th hypothesis. What kind of an existence must things have in order to be Like and Unlike, in terms of the 9th hyp? Eldar: They have to be ones. Images without appearance. Those in the 9th would use a diminished form of philosophical terms, like Justice, Beauty, etc. They use those terms but for them there is nothing to which they actually refer. Continuing with a comparison of the allegory of the Cave (in the Republic) terms/functions with 9hyp: There's only 1 thing which is in the Cave allegory which is not foun

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