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BBC - Manchester historian deciphers hidden 'Plato Code'
BBC - Manchester historian deciphers hidden 'Plato Code'
"Plato and the Greeks believed music was the key to mathematics and the cosmos.
"What we didn't know was that he used Greek musical scales to give his works a hidden structure and then built layers of hidden meanings beneath that."
The hidden codes reveal that Plato anticipated the Scientific Revolution 2,000 years before Isaac Newton, discovering its most important idea - the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics.
"In ancient times, many of his followers said his writings were written in symbols; in modern times that was denied," he said.
"So I've rediscovered that the Ancients were correct."
Heresy
Plato was the Einstein of Greece's Golden Age and his work founded Western culture and science.
PLATO - FATHER OF PHILOSOPHY
born Athens, lived 427-347 BC
founded the first 'university' called the Academy
was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle
most famous work is The Republic
laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science
once said: "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something"
But his views challenged the accepted view of the world and would have been considered a threat to Greek religion, explained Dr Kennedy, so there was good reason to conceal his views in a hidden Code.
"Plato's own teacher was executed for religious heresy," he said. "And Plato and the other followers of Pythagoras were known for hiding their doctrines.
"Plato and the Greeks believed music was the key to mathematics and the cosmos.
"What we didn't know was that he used Greek musical scales to give his works a hidden structure and then built layers of hidden meanings beneath that."
The hidden codes reveal that Plato anticipated the Scientific Revolution 2,000 years before Isaac Newton, discovering its most important idea - the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics.
"In ancient times, many of his followers said his writings were written in symbols; in modern times that was denied," he said.
"So I've rediscovered that the Ancients were correct."
Heresy
Plato was the Einstein of Greece's Golden Age and his work founded Western culture and science.
PLATO - FATHER OF PHILOSOPHY
born Athens, lived 427-347 BC
founded the first 'university' called the Academy
was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle
most famous work is The Republic
laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science
once said: "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something"
But his views challenged the accepted view of the world and would have been considered a threat to Greek religion, explained Dr Kennedy, so there was good reason to conceal his views in a hidden Code.
"Plato's own teacher was executed for religious heresy," he said. "And Plato and the other followers of Pythagoras were known for hiding their doctrines.
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