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2018-09-26 NSPRM - Plato - Phaedrus (246e-247e) - Does Perfection Have a Shadow?

Dialogue(s): theology-of-plato;enneads;phaedrus Chapters: book01;chap21;5.2.11 Sections: 246e-247e Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, JulieH, Eldar, JeffS Synopsis Pierre and the NS Parmenides morning study group start into Chapter 21 of Book 1 of Proclus' Theology of Plato (1). It is a very short chapter, but just scanning it, it becomes clear that it will be helpful to re-familiarize ourselves with the Phaedrus(2) (being referred to here), and specifically, the 2nd speech of Socrates, where the four types of love are enumerated. The fourth (highest) kind -- Divine Madness -- is relevant here, and we are interested in the end of its description. So Barbara finds it and also reads to us from the Balboa translation of the 2nd speech of Socrates. This is a wonderful section. As part of the initial discussion (on the meditation / yoga of 'divine madness' -- from the Phaedrus -- of recollecting into a unity as an initiation into the divine mysteries) there is a great dialogue (I called it a "dokusan") between Pierre and Eldar, which goes roughly from 0:37:00 to 0:48:00 in the recording. Then JulieH (at 0:48:00) makes printouts for all of us of this section (Stephanus pages 246e-247e, or pages

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