I heard this NPR report from a few days ago while catching up on my podcasts, and I must confess that I am both impressed and suspicious. I am not a fan of finding hidden messages in ancient texts but this one seems on the up and up. Plato did have to hide things--even from his own students and followers--and was often on the run from the Athenian authorities for his teachings. It is not that far fetched to posit that he deliberately placed coded musical scales in his work.
Now, if they manage to pull off something similar with my boy Aristotle, I'll be impressed. ;)
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