Talk:Plato's unwritten doctrines

Introduction
Hi, this is a straight translation without additions or revisions of a terrific article from the German Wikipedia that was apparently rated as ‘excellent’ and a ‘featured article.’ The topic is controversial and has divided Plato scholars for a long time (probably centuries). The author or authors of the German article seem to be academic experts in this area and do a good job of presenting both sides of the debate fairly and respecting NPOV. The writing is clear (I hope I’ve done it justice) and the treatment with the valuable notes is comprehensive. This is an overview of an entire sub-field of scholarship together with an extensive review of the literature. I am not an expert in this area but think it is important that all students of Plato know something of this debate and that scholars at least ponder the diversity of Plato interpretations current today. Perhaps this article will make a small contribution to bridging the gap between Continental and Anglo-American Plato studies.

I’ve made the translation with the excellent Wikipedia beta translation software, which seems to have left a lot of unnecessary html in the text ('cpan' etc.). I have removed this only when it made a visible difference.

Please feel free, of course, to help improve this article! I’ve tried to translate German words consistently through the various sections. If you do make a change in a technical term in one place please check that it remains consistent with other passages.

Ok, I've added new images, some links, and a section on some scholarship in English. Whew. I'll look in a few days to check things over, but I think this is finished now. Comments and criticism and any improvements are welcome! JohnD&#39;Alembert (talk) 10:37, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for many style changes! I learned a lot and will follow your example in future. JohnD&#39;Alembert (talk) 09:32, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

I've added many references, as requested by the 'Did You Know' editors, who wanted generally to have at least one reference in every paragraph. JohnD&#39;Alembert (talk) 09:21, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Pythagoreanism
Diogenes Laertius talks about "the one" and "the indefinite dyad" in the section on Pythagoras, and Cornford saw Parmenides and Plato (through Parmenides) as both dissenting Pythagoreans. Cake (talk) 06:16, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Relationship Plato's unwritten doctrines with Whitehead's thought
I've been reading about Plato's unwritten doctrines and I would say that AN Whitehead has a big influence from Platonism/Neoplatonism From what I've read from Essays on science and Philosophy and He talking about "God" World of Action and World of Value, God resembling both the one and indefinite dyad, World of action well what our senses perceive, and World of Value The realm of forms, God gives potentiality and endurance, without the world of action nothing would come out of it Like the interaction between The one and Indefinite dyad and how it produces stuff Although I'm not sure about the actual stance of Whitehead on Inmortality (I've read his essays on science and philosophy) It could be argued that whiteheadian god gives endurance to the society which we perhaps call soul and It could resemble Plato's inmortality of soul — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChiNadesler (talk • contribs) 02:18, 19 August 2018 (UTC)