The Secret Doctrine and the Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’s Theaetetus-Sophist
The Theaetetus’ ‘secret doctrine’ and the Sophist’s ‘battle between gods and giants’ have long fascinated Plato scholars. I show that the passages systematically parallel one another. Each presents two substantive positions that are advanced on behalf of two separate parties, related to one another...
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| description | The Theaetetus’ ‘secret doctrine’ and the Sophist’s ‘battle between gods and giants’ have long fascinated Plato scholars. I show that the passages systematically parallel one another. Each presents two substantive positions that are advanced on behalf of two separate parties, related to one another by their comparative sophistication or refinement. Further, those parties and their respective positions are characterized in substantially similar terms. On the basis of these sustained parallels, I argue that the two passages should be read together, with each informing and constraining an interpretation of the other. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88be7c52cab24671b23614ec1b65f1352022-12-22T02:40:09ZengCoimbra University PressPlato2079-75672183-41052015-07-011410.14195/2183-4105_14_4The Secret Doctrine and the Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’s Theaetetus-SophistBrad Berman0Portland State UniversityThe Theaetetus’ ‘secret doctrine’ and the Sophist’s ‘battle between gods and giants’ have long fascinated Plato scholars. I show that the passages systematically parallel one another. Each presents two substantive positions that are advanced on behalf of two separate parties, related to one another by their comparative sophistication or refinement. Further, those parties and their respective positions are characterized in substantially similar terms. On the basis of these sustained parallels, I argue that the two passages should be read together, with each informing and constraining an interpretation of the other.https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/2113PlatoTheaetetusSophistsecret doctrinebattle of gods and giantsdunamis |
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| title | The Secret Doctrine and the Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’s Theaetetus-Sophist |
| title_full | The Secret Doctrine and the Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’s Theaetetus-Sophist |
| title_fullStr | The Secret Doctrine and the Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’s Theaetetus-Sophist |
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| title_short | The Secret Doctrine and the Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’s Theaetetus-Sophist |
| title_sort | secret doctrine and the gigantomachia interpreting plato s theaetetus sophist |
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