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Neoplatonic
Neoplatonic Ne`o*pla"ton"ic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists.
Neoplatonician
Neoplatonician Ne`o*pla`to*ni"cian, n. A neoplatonist.
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism Ne`o*pla"to*nism, n. [Neo- + Platonism.] A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.
Neoplatonist
Neoplatonist Ne`o*pla"to*nist, n. One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.
Platonic
Platonic Pla*ton"ic, n. A follower of Plato; a Platonist.
Platonic
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.
Platonic bodies
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.
Platonic love
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.
Platonic year
Platonic year (Astron.), a period of time determined by the revolution of the equinoxes, or the space of time in which the stars and constellations return to their former places in respect to the equinoxes; -- called also great year. This revolution, which is caused by the precession of the equinoxes, is accomplished in about 26,000 years. --Barlow.
Platonical
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.
Platonically
Platonically Pla*ton"ic*al*ly, adv. In a Platonic manner.
Platonist
Platonist Pla"to*nist, n. One who adheres to the philosophy of Plato; a follower of Plato. --Hammond.
Platonize
Platonize Pla"to*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Platonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Platonizing.] To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers. --Milner.
Platonize
Platonize Pla"to*nize, v. t. To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy. --Enfield.
Platonized
Platonize Pla"to*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Platonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Platonizing.] To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers. --Milner.
Platonizer
Platonizer Pla"to*ni`zer, n. One who Platonizes.
Platonizing
Platonize Pla"to*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Platonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Platonizing.] To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers. --Milner.

Meaning of PLATON from wikipedia

- Platon is a masculine given name and surname which may refer to: Plato (exarch) (fl. 645–653), romanized as Plátōn, Exarch of Ravenna in the Byzantine...
- Platonism is the philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, though contemporary Platonists do not necessarily accept all doctrines...
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- Platoń [ˈplatɔɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarnożyły, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately...
- Nikolaos Platon (Gr**** Νικόλαος Πλάτων, Anglicised Nicolas Platon; (1909-01-08)8 January 1909 – (1992-03-28)28 March 1992) was a Gr**** archaeologist. He...