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2018-06-22 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (137bc,141e,142a) - Parmenides' Hypothesis of the One-Self: Hypothesis 1 Only? or All 9 Hypotheses?

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: plg Sections: 137bc,141e,142a Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, JulieH, Regina, Eldar, JeffS Synopsis Pierre Grimes' morning study group for Plato's dialogue, Parmenides . We spent most of our time today considering whether what Parmenides calls his "hypothesis of the One-Self" includes the 1st hypothesis only (in this dialogue), or whether it includes all hypotheses 1-9 (and that he would have foreseen/expected that). Also, at the beginning, we consider what more we can figure out about Zeno and his position vis these hypotheses. Highlights Zeno needs to hear it again. Why? Hasn't he been studying with Parmenides for years? Pierre's 3-part practice (at ~0:20:30) Do you not see the "magnitude"? - Is Zeno correct? Does Parmenides' hypothesis assume the 1st hypothesis only? Or all 9? Oneself vs One-Self: What's the difference? Hyphens -- One-Self? or Self-One? [At one point Pierre refers back to the top-left of diagram 2 from 6/6/18 .] A complete set of negatives that define something... One and Good may be ap0plied to all things . But can the same be done in the realm of metaphysics? (No) Regina's question: Different kind of dialectic, then, in the 1st hy

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