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Platonist

noun as in idealist

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But these physical attributes could easily be explained away as types of anything the Platonist pleased.

He was more a Platonist in his spirit than an Aristotelian, although he was indebted to Aristotle for his method.

Coleridge was aiming at an important truth when he said that every man was born an Aristotelian or a Platonist.

Ruskin was a Platonist, steeped in the study of Plato, and bound to him by complete sympathy.

The real root of the difficulty to Platonist as to Gnostic was his sharp antithesis of form as good and matter as evil.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Platonist, such as: dreamer, optimist, visionary, enthusiast, escapist, and radical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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