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Platonize, v.|ˈpleɪtənaɪz|
[ad. Gr. πλατωνίζειν (Origen), f. Πλάτων Plato: see -ize. So F. platoniser (a 1587 in Godefroy).]
1. intr. To follow the doctrine of Plato; to philosophize after the manner of Plato; to be a Platonist.
1608Hieron Defence ii. 157* Aust. did platonize a little, we maie saie, the D. doth platonize a greate deale more. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 649 Philo either Platonized or Plato Philonized. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §27. 457 Macrobius plainly Platonized, asserting a Trinity of Archical or Divine Hypostases. 1833J. H. Newman Arians i. iii. (1876) 40 The grave imputation..of considering the Son of God inferior to the Father, that is, of Platonizing or Arianizing.
2. To act as platonic friends. nonce-use.
1821New Monthly Mag. III. 119 If I could venture to invent a word..I would say, that we will ‘platonize’ together, under the constant guidance of nature and philosophy.
3. trans. To give a Platonic character to; to render Platonic.
1850Grote Greece ii. lxviii. VIII. 556 Of the ethical dialogues much may be probably taken to represent Sokrates more or less platonized. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 148 The record of this conversation, no doubt..largely Platonized.
Hence ˈPlatonized, ˈPlatonizing ppl. adjs.; also Platoniˈzation, the action of Platonizing or condition of being Platonized (in quot., in sense 2); ˈPlatonizer, one who Platonizes, a Platonist.
1843Fraser's Mag. XXVIII. 277 Their passion for the danseuse having, in the meantime, metempsychosed itself into a *platonisation.
1845Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) II. 638/1 The warrior lived on through the days of Julian, lived to see the utmost done that could be done for *Platonized paganism.
1734A. Young Idolatrous Corrupt. I. 109 Philo the Jew, who was a great *Platonizer, calls the Stars Divine Images, and incorruptible and immortal Souls.
1701Norris Ideal World i. v. 241 The second Hypostasis whom the Platonists called the νοῦς, and the *Platonizing Apostle the λόγος. 1827Moore Epicur. xvii, The platonising refinement of Philo. 1885W. Wallace in Encycl. Brit. II. 267/2 The materials of the work..are conceived in a Platonising spirit. |