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2019-01-27 NSPRM - Proclus - Theology of Plato (Book 3, Chaps 15, 16) - The Mystery of Cause and Effect: Whole and the Power of the Middle (plus Pierre's Mundane Gods Diagrams)

Synopsis Pierre leads the Noetic Society Parmenides study group through another morning of study. Lately we've been taking a break from the Parmenides, going through Proclus' Theology of Plato (*) instead, in order to see how Proclus lays out the 14 orders of gods implied in the Parmenides. Today we read Book 3, Chapter 15. (We delve a little into Chapter 16 but we will start that one over next time.) [NOTE: My apologies, everyone.. Proclus (at least here, in the Theology of Plato) has been working my last nerve. I really don't see what he's doing, and if I had to capture what I see at all, I'd just say, "He's all over the place.." Pierre admits Proclus is in this work being more of a "conversationalist" than a "philosopher". So I guess what we are doing is trying to mine as many gems from this rather haphazard mine, as we can, and put up with the lack of definitions, and inconsistencies, etc. But, the upshot is that it makes it very hard for me to decide even what points to put in any brief notes, because I have really lost so much attention/interest. Yet, there are wonderful quotes in here (mostly things Pierre says!) Even so, I just don't have it in me right now (maybe other thi

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