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2018-09-17 NSPRM - Proclus - Theology of Plato (Book 1, Chap 13, Secs 61-62) - Higher Orders Behind Nature

Dialogue(s): theology-of-plato Chapters: 13 Sections: 61-62 Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, Regina, Eldar, JeffS Synopsis Pierre leads our Parmenides morning study group through chapter 13, sections 61-62 of Proclus' Theology of Plato (*). Highlights what must something have in order to receive Providence? no word for 'thing' in Greek back to chapter 13, section 61-62 on incorporeal things no sense/input apparatus Motion - that which is passive (corporeal bodies, matter) has no motion Participation is central Types of Participation (Pierre lists off the top of his head) all Being is the One participating in Ousia there's also the parts participating with each other (Eldar: Justice, Beauty) We participate in the 2nd hypothesis Intellectual beings participate in Intellect, share among themselves ideas Sexuality Emmy Noether and 'Symmetry' Lobachevsky and a 2nd guy: Space and ideas All three of the above were forming bridges from the material to the metaphysical world with their ideas pp 203+ in Pierre's book ('Orange Sutra') on Midwifery, and a supposed extant Powerpoint presentation More Info (*) Proclus' Theology of Plato (Thomas Taylor translation): Volume Eight in the Thomas Taylor s

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