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Definition of Platonist
1. Noun. An advocate of Platonism.
Definition of Platonist
1. n. One who adheres to the philosophy of Plato; a follower of Plato.
Definition of Platonist
1. Noun. An advocate of Platonism ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of Platonist) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platonist
Literary usage of Platonist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... having to my great concern, observed the waist of a platonist lately swell to
a roundness which is inconsistent with that philosophy. STEELE. T. No. ..."
2. The History of European Philosophy: An Introductory Book by Walter Taylor Marvin (1917)
"Aristotle was a platonist also in rejecting the mechanistic explanation of nature
... In short, Aristotle was a platonist who, because of his interest in ..."
3. The Philosophical Works of David Hume by David Hume (1854)
"THE platonist.* To some philosophers it appears matter of surprise, that all
mankind, possessing the same nature, and being endowed with the same faculties, ..."
4. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"... shoemaker a platonist, and a cook an " Epicurean." The whole of the last act
of Foote's comed}r, ' The Orators,' consists of a scene in the Robin Hood. ..."
5. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... having to my great concern, observed the waist of a platonist lately swell to
a roundness which is inconsistent with that philosophy. STEELE. T. No. ..."
6. The History of European Philosophy: An Introductory Book by Walter Taylor Marvin (1917)
"Aristotle was a platonist also in rejecting the mechanistic explanation of nature
... In short, Aristotle was a platonist who, because of his interest in ..."
7. The Philosophical Works of David Hume by David Hume (1854)
"THE platonist.* To some philosophers it appears matter of surprise, that all
mankind, possessing the same nature, and being endowed with the same faculties, ..."
8. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"... shoemaker a platonist, and a cook an " Epicurean." The whole of the last act
of Foote's comed}r, ' The Orators,' consists of a scene in the Robin Hood. ..."
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