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I'm talking Platonic ideal here, Dr Bill (wasn't it obvious?  )
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I'm talking Platonic ideal here, Joining in this spirit of this feast of pedantry and nitpicking, surely the concept of the "platonic ideal" would have significantly predated the concept "Cęsar's wife"? 
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Joining in this spirit of this feast of pedantry and nitpicking, surely the concept of the "platonic ideal" would have significantly predated the concept "Cęsar's wife"?Well, if I remember my history correctly, there was bugger-all platonic about Calpurnia ... so it either pre- or post-dated her, for sure!
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Joining in this spirit of this feast of pedantry and nitpicking
That's what happens. One starts wearing dirty clothes and ends picking nits.
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[reproachful e]
One of the privileges of being anastrophic is in anachronism to indulge.
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I fail to see how someone's being described by an existing concept could be considered anachronistic (Harrumph®!)
One might as well say that since the Greeks invented democracy the idea of referring to any present government as being democratic was anachronistic*.
And even if Cęsar's wife predated Plato's exposition of the Platonic Ideal, does that mean that there was no Platonic Ideal of the Platonic Ideal until that point?
*There may be other reasons for not referring to any present govenment as democratic, but that's beside the point.
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That's what happens. One starts wearing dirty clothes and ends picking nits.Right on, Juan Maria. Or as they say in your country, "La ropa sucia se lava en casa." 
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"there was bugger-all platonic about Calpurnia "
When does "platonic" become "platoonic"?/
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I was surprised to see "speculative or theoretical" as a viable (not specified as being obsolete) definition of 'platonic'. while it's easy to see the connection, in light of the ideal theories, i've never heard 'platonic' used in this way, and wouldn't expect to except perhaps in specifically philosophical discussion. has anyone noted this alternative use? if so, in what situation would it be applicable?
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