Platonism

Pla·to·nism  (pltn-zm)

n.

The philosophy of Plato, especially insofar as it asserts ideal forms as an absolute and eternal reality of which the phenomena of the world are an imperfect and transitory reflection.

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Plato·nist n.

Plato·nistic adj.

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Platonism [ˈpleɪtəˌnɪzəm]

n

1. (Philosophy) the teachings of the Greek philosopher Plato (?427-?347 bc) and his followers, esp the philosophical theory that the meanings of general words are real existing abstract entities (Forms) and that particular objects have properties in common by virtue of their relationship with these Forms Compare nominalism, conceptualism, intuitionism

2. (Mathematics) the realist doctrine that mathematical entities have real existence and that mathematical truth is independent of human thought

3. (Philosophy) See Neo-Platonism

Platonist  n

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Platonism

the philosophy of Plato and his followers, especially the doctrine that physical objects are imperfect and impermanent representations of unchanging ideas, and that knowledge is the mental apprehension of these ideas or universals. — Platonist, n., adj. — Platonistic, adj.

See also: Philosophy

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Platonism - (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names realism philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy

Translations

Platonism [ˈpleɪtənɪzəm] N → platonismo m