hupothesis
(υποθεσις)
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proposal, intention, argument, hypothesis, the premiss of a syllogism |
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proposal, intention, argument, hypothesis, the premiss of a syllogism; the nine hypotheses of dialectic in Plato’s Parmenides are regarded by the Neoplatonists as the nine hupostaseis, or levels of reality, extending from the ineffable One to pure matter, or non-being. |
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The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys |
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