Platonic
[plə'tɑnɪk]
Definition
(adj.) free from physical desire; 'platonic love' .
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy; 'Platonic dialogues' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Platonical
(n.) A follower of Plato; a Platonist.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Academic, of Plato.[2]. Contemplative, speculative, philosophical, theoretical.[3]. Passionless, impassible, unimpressible, cold, apathetic, cool, calm, serene.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cold, intellectual, unsensual, mental, philosophical
ANT:Ardent, animal, sensual, passionate, sexual
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Plato the Greek philosopher (about 427-347 B.C.) or to his philosophical opinions.—adv. Plāton′ically.—v.t. and v.i. Plā′tonise to reason like Plato.—ns. Plā′tonism the philosophical opinions of Plato; Plā′tonist Plāton′ic a follower of Plato.—Platonic love the love of soul for soul a love into which sensual desire is supposed not to enter at all.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.
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Examples
- We should not interpret a Platonic dialogue any more than a poem or a parable in too literal or matter-of-fact a style. Plato. The Republic.
- The figurative association was mistaken for a real one; and thus the three latter divisions of the Platonic proportion were constructed. Plato. The Republic.
- The Platonic Educational Philosophy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Every Greek state had a myth respecting its own origin; the Platonic republic may also have a tale of earthborn men. Plato. The Republic.
- We have an unconscious revival of the defects of the Platonic scheme (ante, p. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I am not so platonic as to have been satisfied with that. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Or, to use a Platonic image, justice and the State are the warp and the woof which run through the whole texture. Plato. The Republic.
- Nor do the so-called Platonic ideas recovered from a former state of existence affect his theory of mental improvement. Plato. The Republic.
- The Platonic parson, for instance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The real, like the Platonic Socrates, as we gather from the Memorabilia of Xenophon, was fond of making similar adaptations. Plato. The Republic.
- Some neo-Platonic writers were known, but neo-Platonism had much the same relation to Plato that Christian Science has to Christ. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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