A polygon is regular if it is uniform and its faces are all alike. The regular convex polyhedra are the five Platonic solids, which have been known since classical Greece. The ancient Greek ...

Although atheism is often stereotyped as exclusively physicalistic (“atoms swirling in the void”), many contemporary atheists have developed a Platonic atheism. Platonic atheism affirms abstract ...

When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her ...

Six triangles make a flat sheet that can't be folded into a corner. So only three Platonic solids can be made from triangles. Image caption, Three squares make the corner of a cube. However four ...

Plato lent his name to Platonic love but a new book reveals that the ancient Greek philosopher never advocated love without sex. University of Manchester science historian Dr Jay Kennedy, who hit the ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Platonic love is a concept that has profoundly shaped Western literature, philosophy and intellectual history for centuries. First ...

As Valentine’s Day brings love into the spotlight, Stylist asks: why do we undervalue platonic love? Flash forward 13 years and at 21 I find myself single. A word, for all its simplicity ...

While there is beauty in romantic love, the same can be said for platonic love as well. Friendships should be considered just as important, if not more important than having a partner because ...