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Platonist
noun as in idealist
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The claim went back to Pythagoras and Plato, but Renaissance Platonists had been interested in number mysticism rather than real mathematics.
Overall, Christians were more sympathetic to the Platonist view than to its alternatives, because they believed in a life after death.
Simón and the tutor, by contrast, are Platonists: They believe in numbers and their relationships as eternal, universal truths.
In Mr. LaRouche’s view, Mr. Johnson continued, “true Platonists believe that industrialization, technology and classical music should be used to bring wealth and enlightenment to the citizens of the world.”
If you find such regularities astonishing, you're a Platonist at heart.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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