1) Philosophical doctrine 2) Philosophical theory 3) Realism 4) Things represent ideas belief
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1) School of thought
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Platonism (with a capital `P`) is the philosophy of Plato or the name of other philosophical systems considered closely derived from it. With a lower case `p`, `platonism` refers to the philosophy that affirms the existence of abstract objects, which are asserted to `exist` in a `third realm` distinct both from the sensible external worl...
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• (n.) An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions. • (n.) The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.
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any philosophy that derives its ultimate inspiration from Plato. Though there was in antiquity a tradition about Plato`s `unwritten doctrines` (much ... [33 related articles]
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The belief that mathematical objects exist independent of physical models. It is, at the very least, a useful pretense in mathematics, especially in geometry.
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1. The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers. ... Plato believed God to be an infinitely wise, just, and powerful Spirit; and also that he formed the visible universe out of preexistent amorphous matter, according to perfect patterns of ideas eternally existent in his own mind. Philosophy he considered as being a knowledge of the tru...
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Pla'to·nism noun [ Confer French
Platonisme .]
1. The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers. » Plato believed God to be an infinitely wise, just, and powerful Spirit; and also that he formed the visible universe out of preëxistent amorphous matter, according to perfe...
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[Hellenic mythology] Philosophical system derived from Plato's writings. The basic teaching of Platonism is that ultimate reality cannot be found in everyday life but in the world of the "Forms." Knowledge of the Forms comes by moral and intellectual purification.
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the school of philosophy founded by Plato. Often used to refer to Platonic idealism, the belief that the entities of the phenomenal world are imperfect reflections of an ideal truth. In metaphysics sometimes used to mean the claim that universals exist independent of particulars. Predecessor and precursor of Aristotelianism.
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n] - the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
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noun (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
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The philosophy of Plato marks one of the high points in the development of Greek philosophical genius Platomsm is characterised by a partial contempt for sense knowledge and empirical studies, by a high regard for mathematics and its method, by a longing for another and better world, by a frankly spiritualistic view of life, by its use of a method....
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