Ernest G. McClain, The Pythagorean Plato

The Pythagorean Plato
Prelude to the Song Itself
Ernest G. McClain
Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
York Beach, Maine

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Contents
Acknow
ledgements
vii
Charts and Tables
ix
1.Introduction1
2.The Marriage Allegory(Republic)17
3.The Tyrant’s Allegory(Republic)33
4.The Myth of Er(Republic)41
5.The Creation of the World-Soul(Timaeus)57
6.Ancient Athens (Critias) 71
7.Atlantis (Critias) 77
8.Magnesia (Laws) 97
9. Plato’s Musical Trigonometry 117
10. Conclusions 127
Appendices
I.Historical Commentary135
II.Conversion Tables165
III.Tone Numbers in the Marriage Allegory 167
IV. Introduction to the Monochord 169

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