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2018-06-06 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (133d,e) - Prelude Day 3 and Into the 'Master Argument': What is 'relating'?

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: plg Sections: 133d,e (P36,P37) Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, Regina, JulieH, Eldar, JeffS Synopsis Our study group first continues into our third day ( 1 , 2 ) of looking at what I am calling here the "prelude", i.e., the summary statement Parmenides makes (at P36/133d) of all the problems/issues involved with Socrates' position before he launches into the Master-Slave argument/example. Then, at about an hour-and-a-half in, we start into Parmenides' first statement in the Master-Slave argument itself (P37). Issues touched upon Some initial chit-chat, then discussion starts about 0:09:00 Prelude to the Master Argument, Day 3 (133d/P36) How many positions does Parmenides have? Do they relate to one another? And how? (Pierre gives us time to look at the paragraph and consider this, up until about 28:05) What's common to all of them? ("Selves") Can you think of any questions about the Self that is not included among these? Where does "likeness" apply? Working it out on a diagram again. (Today's "diagram 1" is a continuation adding to yesterday's diagram.) JeffS: Why P36 at all? What function does it serve, since P37 is much clearer and more explicit? (Pi

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