Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Platonic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Platonic \Pla*ton"ic\, n.
A follower of Plato; a Platonist.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Platonic \Pla*ton"ic\, Platonical \Pla*ton"ic*al\, a. [L.
Platonicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. platonique.]
1. Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or
opinions.
2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical.
{Platonic bodies}, the five regular geometrical solids;
namely, the tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron,
dodecahedron, and icosahedron.
{Platonic love}, a pure, spiritual affection, subsisting
between persons of opposite sex, unmixed with carnal
desires, and regarding the mind only and its excellences;
-- a species of love for which Plato was a warm advocate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Platonic
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his
philosophy; "Platonic dialogues" [syn: {Platonic}]
2: free from physical desire; "platonic love"
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