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I suspect that if Plato wanted to tell someone something he wouldn't have written it in some mystical code. I get a bit fed up with this sort of conspiracy-theory. It's that part of the human brain that deals with religious leanings. People want this mystery in life and deliberately search for it, and you get those who claim status by stating they know more about 'the code' than anyone else.

 

Perhaps Plato did use a code. So do a lot of us, in fact. It's called the alphabet, though I accept that's hardly a secret. How many of us understand complex mathematical equations? To some extent this sort of thing is down to misinterpretation and an innate desire for a mystery. So what was he keeping secret? His appointment schedule? His laundry list? A few notes for his next publication? Other than that, it's all cobblers.

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There is another possibility which our researcher may have missed. Plato's writing, like that of all contemporary Greeks, was not intended to be perused off the page like a modern book. It was designed to be read aloud to an audience. And like all contemporary leading Greeks of his era, Plato had an education in rhetoric and public speaking.

 

I'd suggest that what our researcher's cunning mathematical researches have found is the pattern or rhythm and cadence which Plato instinctively built into his text. Instead of a code-breaking exercise, this might be more useful as a study of euphonics.

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There is another possibility which our researcher may have missed. Plato's writing, like that of all contemporary Greeks, was not intended to be perused off the page like a modern book. It was designed to be read aloud to an audience. And like all contemporary leading Greeks of his era, Plato had an education in rhetoric and public speaking.

 

I'd suggest that what our researcher's cunning mathematical researches have found is the pattern or rhythm and cadence which Plato instinctively built into his text. Instead of a code-breaking exercise, this might be more useful as a study of euphonics.

That is a good point you make.

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