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Platonism|ˈpleɪtənɪz(ə)m|
[ad. mod.L. platonism-us, f. Gr. Πλάτων Plato: see -ism. So mod.F. platonisme (Dict. Acad. 1762).]
1. The philosophy or doctrine of Plato, or of his followers.
1570Levins Manip. 146 Platonisme, Platonismus. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. Pref., Those that are rightly acquainted with Platonisme, will accept of that small pains. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. I. i. 11 That..was introduced from the principles of platonism afterwards. 1806Knox & Jebb Corr. I. 283 Thinking as I do, that platonism was prepared providentially, not only as preliminary to Christian piety, but as a kind of fermenting principle, to act occasionally in reinvigorating it. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 52 Platonism in Philo does for Judaism what it was soon to do for Christianity.
2. (with pl.) A doctrine or tenet of Platonic philosophy; a saying of, or like those of, Plato.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 400 He overthrowes one great Platonisme. Ibid. 694 A philosopher came to him and expounded certaine Platonismes unto him. 1845R. Choate Amer. Bar in Addresses (1878) 165 Hear the striking platonisms of Coleridge.
3. The doctrine or practice of platonic love. (Cf. Platonicism.)
1782Alexander Hist. Women I. vii. 233 The Troubadour..was not always satisfied with pure platonism, and frequently debauched the virgin or the wife whom he attended. 1893Saltus Madam Sapphira 59 For that reason..platonic affection, or, more exactly, reciprocal platonism, is discoverable only among married people. |