Platonist

Variant of Platonism

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

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