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platonical |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Platonic \Pla*ton"ic\, Platonical \Pla*ton"ic*al\, a. [L. Platonicus Gr ?: cf F. platonique.] 1. Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions. 2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical. {Platonic bodies}, the five regular geometrical solids; namely, the tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. {Platonic love}, a pure, spiritual affection, subsisting between persons of opposite sex, unmixed with carnal desires, and regarding the mind only and its excellences; -- a species of love for which Plato was a warm advocate.
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