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Platonism Definition

Pla·to·nism (plāt′'n iz′əm)

noun

  1. the philosophy of Plato or his school; esp., the doctrine holding that objects of perception are real insofar as they imitate or participate in an independent realm of immutable essences, ideas, or logical forms which constitute the world of essential reality
  2. the theory or practice of platonic love

Etymology: ModL platonismus

Platonism Related Forms
Pla′·to′·nist noun
Platonism Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • influence: As we shall see, his view of creation was very much influenced by Platonism.

Converse of object

  • argue: I will argue that platonism is an unsatisfactory account of moral realism.
  • say: I would say Platonism is everything apart from the Heideggerian new beginning... .

Adjective modifier

  • middle: These are hardly respectable representatives of the chief forms of Middle Platonism.
  • biological: We are living in an age of biological platonism.

Preposition: in

  • philosophy: The main upshot of the conference contributions was the seminal and pervasive role of Platonism in early modern philosophy.