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• nailbar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trying to figure out why it’s named after him, I also learned that shapes such as cubes, octagons, etc. are Platonic solids, also named after him.

  Apparently these things were just something he was philosophising a lot about, but it was not he who decided to call them that.

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  • neptune@dmv.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Apparently everyone thought having terms to describe friendship, even though he had written extensively on the different types of “love”. It seems like a put down, but if everyone else thought friendship wasn’t worth considering at the time, he’s probably pleased that people now think his time well spent.

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