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41Platonic idealism — The phrase Platonic idealism usually refers to Plato s theory of forms or doctrine of ideas, the exact philosophical meaning of which is perhaps one of the most disputed questions in higher academic philosophy. At least one may say, with some… …
42Platonic epistemology — holds that knowledge is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul, often under the mid wife like guidance of an interrogator. Plato believed that each soul existed before birth with The Form of the Good and a… …
43Platonic solid — Geom. one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron. [1950 55] * * * also known as regular polyhedron Geometric solid all of whose faces are identical regular polygons and all of whose… …
44Platonic Academy — This article is about the academy founded by Plato. For the 15th century school in Florence, see Platonic Academy (Florence). For the Raphael painting, see The School of Athens. Coordinates: 37°59′33″N 23°42′29″E / …
45Platonic Academy (Florence) — The Platonic Academy was a 15th century discussion group in Florence. It was sponsored by Cosimo de Medici and led by Marsilio Ficino. It wasn t ever a formal group but the members considered themselves a modern form of Plato s Academy. Their… …
46Platonic Academy — ▪ Italian scholars Italian Accademia Platonica, a group of scholars in mid 15th century Florence who met under the leadership of the outstanding translator and promulgator of Platonic philosophy Marsilio Ficino (Ficino, Marsilio) (q.v.) …
47Platonic solid — noun Any one of the following five polyhedra: the regular tetrahedron, the cube, the regular octahedron, the regular dodecahedron and the regular icosahedro …
48platonic relationship — noun A nonsexual relationship. See Also: platonic, platonically, platonic love …
49Platonic realism — a view of a reality ontologically independent of conception, perception, etc. Objects have certain properties regardless of any thought to the contrary. • Critical realism a view that certain types of sense data accurately represent a mind… …
50Platonic body — noun any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent • Syn: ↑regular polyhedron, ↑regular convex solid, ↑regular convex polyhedron, ↑Platonic solid, ↑ideal solid • Hypernyms:… …
