[St Augustine of Hippo] became of a Maniche, and of a platoniste a good christian.
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Platonist
Synonyms for "platonist" (4 found)
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7 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
1 entries- platonik noun (follower of Plato; holder of similar ideas)
Finnish
1 entries- platonikko noun (follower of Plato; holder of similar ideas)
Greek
1 entries- Πλατωνίστης noun (follower of Plato; holder of similar ideas)
Ido
1 entries- Platonisto noun (follower of Plato; holder of similar ideas)
Polish
2 entries- platonik noun (follower of Plato; holder of similar ideas)
- platończyk noun (follower of Plato; holder of similar ideas)
Russian
1 entries- плато́ник noun (follower of Plato; holder of similar ideas)
Sample sentences
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I suspect that in their hearts most working mathematicians are Platonists, in that they take it as a matter of unassailable if unprovable fact that mathematical reality stands apart from the world, and is at least as real as the world, and possibly gives shape to the world, as Plato suggested.
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So attention to Quine and Putnam’s writings is important, not just to set the record straight, but because it reveals some new argumentative strategies for platonists to exploit.
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