Platonic dialogue
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platonic — referring to spiritual as distinct from erotic love, is spelt with a small initial p. When the reference is directly to Plato (as in Platonic dialogue), it is spelt Platonic with a capital initial letter … Modern English usage
Dialogue — For other uses, see Dialogue (disambiguation). Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English[1]) is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people. Its chief historical … Wikipedia
dialogue — dialoguer, n. /duy euh lawg , log /, n., v. dialogued, dialoguing. n. 1. conversation between two or more persons. 2. the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. 3. an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, esp. a… … Universalium
Platonic love — (Latin: amor platonicus ), in its modern popular sense, is a non sexual affectionaterelationship. [cite web | url = http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=platonic+love | title = Platonic love | publisher = Dictionary.com | accessdate = 2007 11 … Wikipedia
Platonic solid — In geometry, a Platonic solid is a convex polyhedron that is regular, in the sense of a regular polygon. Specifically, the faces of a Platonic solid are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex; thus, all… … Wikipedia
Platonic epistemology — holds that knowledge is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul, often under the mid wife like guidance of an interrogator. Plato believed that each soul existed before birth with The Form of the Good and a… … Wikipedia
Platonic solid — Geom. one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron. [1950 55] * * * also known as regular polyhedron Geometric solid all of whose faces are identical regular polygons and all of whose… … Universalium
Platonic Academy — This article is about the academy founded by Plato. For the 15th century school in Florence, see Platonic Academy (Florence). For the Raphael painting, see The School of Athens. Coordinates: 37°59′33″N 23°42′29″E / … Wikipedia
Timaeus (dialogue) — Timaeus (Greek: Τίμαιος, Timaios) is a theoretical treatise of Plato in the form of a Socratic dialogue, written circa 360 BC. The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world. It is followed by the dialogue Critias .Speakers … Wikipedia
Clitophon (dialogue) — Part of the series on: The Dialogues of Plato Early dialogues: Apology – Charmides – Crito Euthyphro – … Wikipedia
