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Platonically
[ pluh-ton-ik-lee, pley- ]
adverb
- in a way that relates to or is influenced by the doctrines of Plato, especially his elevation of the spiritual or ideal over the physical and particular:
These reminders of Jesus鈥 physical sufferings were necessary for certain Platonically inclined Christian philosophers who had no doubts about Jesus鈥 full divinity but were loath to admit his full humanity.
- Usually 辫濒补路迟辞苍路颈路肠补濒路濒测. in a nonromantic way that is free from sexual desire:
There was a woman he saw platonically; they went to movies or dinner together, and that was all.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补苍路迟颈-笔濒补路迟辞苍路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
- 辫谤辞-笔濒补路迟辞苍路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Platonically1
Example Sentences
Guston must have noticed, concluded Ware, that his images of Nixon and Agnew 鈥渟imply didn鈥檛 have as much staying power as his Platonically powerful paintings of heads, bottles, legs, shoes, and lightbulbs.鈥
This isn鈥檛 to insist that journalism is Platonically objective: Even the most dispassionate reporters make choices about what to leave in and what to leave out of their articles.
His intelligence on the court is palpable鈥攅verything he does, shot or pass or steal, feels in tune with the energies of his team, and of the game itself, played Platonically.
鈥淵ou can have a Platonically perfect model and still get the number wrong.鈥
Muzzle looked Platonically the incarnate idea of the Christian Parson.
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