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plato | theaetetus |

As a noun plato

is plateau.

As a proper noun theaetetus is

a classical greek mathematician credited with proving that there are precisely five.

plato

English

(wikipedia Plato)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC, follower of Socrates.
  • .
  • * 1993 , The Real Plato Jones , Houghton Miffin Harcourt, ISBN 0395669723, page 1:
  • My name is Plato' Jones. '''Plato''' Constantine Jones. '''Plato because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after ''his father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from Plato) * Platonic, platonic * platonic love * platonic solid * platonic hydrocarbons * Platonism

    Anagrams

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    theaetetus

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A classical Greek mathematician credited with proving that there are precisely five .
  • A later middle dialogue of Plato concerning epistemology.
  • A lunar impact crater 2.8 kilometres in depth and 25 kilometres in diameter, located southeast of the crater Cassini, near the eastern edge of Mare Imbrium.
  • Quotations

    * 1962 , ; Dreaming ; chapter sixteen: “Dreams and Scepticism”, page 101 (1977 paperback reprint; Routledge & Kegan Paul; ISBN 0?7100?3836?4 (c), 0?7100?8434?X (p)): *: Socrates puts to Theætetus the question, ‘What evidence could be appealed to, supposing we were asked at this very moment whether we are asleep or awake?’, and the latter replies, ‘Indeed, Socrates, I do not see by what evidence it is to be proved; for the two conditions correspond in every circumstance like exact counterparts’ (Plato, (2), 158b–158c).