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• idea — (n.) late 14c., archetype of a thing in the mind of God; Platonic idea, from L. idea idea, and in Platonic philosophy archetype, from Gk. idea ideal prototype, lit. the look of a thing (as opposed to the reality); form; kind, sort, nature, from… …   Etymology dictionary

• Idea — • The word was originally Greek, but passed without change into Latin. It seems first to have meant form, shape, or appearance, whence, by an easy transition, it acquired the connotation of nature, or kind Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Platonic realism — is a philosophical term usually used to refer to the idea of realism regarding the existence of universals after the Greek philosopher Plato who lived between c. 427 ndash;c. 347 BC, student of Socrates, and the teacher of Aristotle. As… …   Wikipedia

• Platonic love — (Latin: amor platonicus ), in its modern popular sense, is a non sexual affectionaterelationship. [cite web | url = http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=platonic+love | title = Platonic love | publisher = Dictionary.com | accessdate = 2007 11 …   Wikipedia

• Idea — I*de a, n.; pl. {Ideas}. [L. idea, Gr. ?, fr. ? to see; akin to E. wit: cf. F. id[ e]e. See {Wit}.] 1. The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Idea — Plato, one of the first philosophers to discuss ideas in detail. For other uses, see Idea (disambiguation). In the most narrow sense, an idea is just whatever is before the mind when one thinks. Very often, ideas are construed as representational …   Wikipedia

• Platonic solid — In geometry, a Platonic solid is a convex polyhedron that is regular, in the sense of a regular polygon. Specifically, the faces of a Platonic solid are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex; thus, all… …   Wikipedia

• Platonic epistemology — holds that knowledge is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul, often under the mid wife like guidance of an interrogator. Plato believed that each soul existed before birth with The Form of the Good and a… …   Wikipedia

• Platonic solid — Geom. one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron. [1950 55] * * * also known as regular polyhedron Geometric solid all of whose faces are identical regular polygons and all of whose… …   Universalium

• idea — noun 1》 a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.     ↘a mental impression.     ↘a belief. 2》 (the idea) the aim or purpose of an action. 3》 Philosophy (in Platonic thought) an eternally existing pattern of which individual… …   English new terms dictionary

• idea — /aɪˈdɪə / (say uy dear) noun 1. any conception existing in the mind as the result of mental apprehension or activity. 2. a thought, conception, or notion: what an idea! 3. an impression: a general idea of what it s like. 4. an opinion, view, or… …