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2019-08-26 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (Prologue 127e onward; First Hypothesis P1-6) - Following Socrates' Logos

Synopsis Pierre leads the Noetic Society Parmenides study group through another session. Today we read Prologue 127e onward; First Hypothesis P1-6 Attendees Pierre, Barbara, David, JulieH, Gina From Barbara: Pierre asked us to start by examining the first 6 passages of the first Hypothesis and point out the illogical nature of it. So we started at 137C. Though we discussed the quote Pierre put up on Friday night, i.e. “The idea of each Being is always the Self,” we come to it more clearly and in its appropriate context later. In the First, we went through the first through fifth Parmenides (P1-001-->P1-005) Pierre described it as a “logical mystery.” Then we went through the first few Parmenides in the Second Hypothesis. In both the First and Second Hypotheses references is made to the logos, following or going through the same logos, though in the Second, it continues “about these following conclusions about self whatever they happen to be”. So Pierre asked what logos that is which is being followed? Pierre said the logos is in the beginning of the Parmenides--that's where all the discussion of the self is, and the idea of the logos. Pierre said Parmenides is taking what he's seei

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