Platonist (Noun)
Meaning
An advocate of Platonism.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- As a devoted Platonist, she believed in the existence of a higher realm of abstract Forms or Ideas that underlay the imperfect world we experience through our senses.
- He was a prominent Platonist of the Renaissance, influencing many other thinkers and artists with his writings on the nature of reality and knowledge.
- The philosopher's ideas on the eternal and immutable nature of beauty were deeply rooted in Platonist thought, which emphasized the existence of a higher, spiritual realm.
- As a young scholar, she became enamored with the ideas of the Platonist philosopher, Plotinus, and spent years studying his writings on the nature of the soul and the universe.
- In his later years, the poet became increasingly drawn to Platonist ideas about the world of forms and their relationship to the physical world.