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2018-07-27 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp1) - Plato's Revenge

Dialogue(s): parmenides;theology-of-plato Chapters: hyp1;book01;chap01;book06 Sections: (none today) Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Regina, JulieH, Eldar, Nancy, JeffS Synopsis Pierre leads the NS Parmenides study group through another fantastic morning. We actually didn't read today. Pierre reviewed for David and Regina what he went through on Wednesday regarding the first two arguments (P1-P8 and P9-P17) of the 1st hypothesis ('hyp1' here) -- with those first two arguments corresponding to Zeus and Cronos. After this we considered how to proceed: whether we wanted to go straight into the Theology of Plato (and if so, whether to read backwards from chapter 7 to chapter 1, or whether forwards from chapter 1); or whether we wanted to continue unpacking hyp1 ourselves and come up with our own list of the 14 arguments (before hitting The Theology of Plato) so that we could compare our 14 with Proclus'. We decided on the latter, as it would help us to see things more clearly if our list differed from Proclus' list, and we ended up having to explore how and why. Highlights Parmenides linked with The Apology Review of Zeus as "The Whole of Wholes", and Cronos as "In Itself and In Ano

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