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2018-06-25 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp1: 141e,142a,137c-138b) - Separating Being From The One

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp1 Sections: 141e,142a (P99-P103); 137c-138b (P1-P19) Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, Regina, Eldar, JulieH, JeffS Synopsis We begin again with re-reading the 1st hypothesis of Plato's dialogue, Parmenides . First, however, Regina asks a question about P99-103. The main issues we get into in the 2nd part are: the unlimited-ness of the One (and therefore of the Self), with the physical analogues of straightness and circularity how Parmenides' pattern of dialectic here in the 1st hypothesis is to move back and from from the One to the Self. Without seeing this pattern, the hypothesis is unintelligible. how Parmenides leaves the physical analogues behind and now moves Being and One up (therefore) to the metaphysical. Once both are in the metaphysical, he must now separate off Being from the One , reserving Being for hypothesis 2, where -- as Pierre so nicely puts it -- "Reality (Being) can comprehend itself." Timeline 0:00:30 initial chit-chat 0:04:49 start of Parmenides discussion. Regina's question re. P99-P103. 1:05:30 Start of where we had intended to start from, today, at hyp1/P1. Technical Issues I ran out of room on my audio recorder's SD card fo

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