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2018-07-25 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp1: 137d-138a) - Cronos and Zeus

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp1 Sections: 137d-138a (P9-P17) Attendees: Pierre, Regina, Eldar, Barbara, JulieH, CathyW, JeffS Today, our Parmenides morning study group works our way through the '2nd argument' of the 1st hypothesis (P9-P17), as usual with Pierre's guidance. We look at the problems encountered. We decide that what at first appear to be conclusions (P7/8 in the 1st argument; P17 in the 2nd) are actually not conclusions, but definitions . And the first and second arguments can be seen as descriptions of Cronos and Zeus, respectively. (Again, for which Socrates was accused, and put to death: teaching other gods than the state gods.) The Logos is the only tool that can allow you too see that the Self is beyond Shuntaya / Emptiness. I.e., the only way you can come to an idea of the Self is via a Dialectic. This was a really good talk today - we very much enjoyed it. More Info The NS Parmenides Study Group The text we use the most: Plato's Parmenides: The Juan and Maria Balboa Translation Pierre Grimes and Philosophical Midwifery The Noetic Society The Pierre Grimes and the Noetic Society collection here on archive.org.

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