Plato's number, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 27 relations: Aristotle, Babylon, Cicero, Eduard Zeller, Euler's sum of powers conjecture, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Gerolamo Cardano, Great Year, Jakob Friedrich Fries, James Adam (classicist), Marsilio Ficino, Metonic cycle, Muses, Neoplatonism, Paul Tannery, Perfect number, Philip Melanchthon, Plato, Politics, Proclus, Pythagorean triple, Renaissance, Republic (Plato), Sibyl, Timaeus (dialogue), Victor Cousin, 216 (number).

2. Greek mathematics
3. Numerology

Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

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Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.

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Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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Eduard Zeller

Eduard Gottlob Zeller (22 January 1814, Kleinbottwar19 March 1908, Stuttgart) was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian of the Tübingen School of theology.

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Euler's sum of powers conjecture

In number theory, Euler's conjecture is a disproved conjecture related to Fermat's Last Theorem.

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Friedrich Schleiermacher

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity.

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Gerolamo Cardano

Gerolamo Cardano (also Girolamo or Geronimo; Jérôme Cardan; Hieronymus Cardanus.; 24 September 1501– 21 September 1576) was an Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, writer, and gambler.

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Great Year

The term Great Year has more than one major meaning.

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Jakob Friedrich Fries

Jakob Friedrich Fries (23 August 1773 – 10 August 1843) was a German post-KantianTerry Pinkard, German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism, Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp.

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James Adam (classicist)

James Adam (7 April 1860 – 30 August 1907) was a Scottish classicist who taught classics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

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Marsilio Ficino

Marsilio T. Ficino (Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.

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Metonic cycle

The Metonic cycle or enneadecaeteris (from ἐννεακαιδεκαετηρίς, from ἐννεακαίδεκα, "nineteen") is a period of almost exactly 19 years after which the lunar phases recur at the same time of the year.

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Muses

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses (Moûsai, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.

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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. Plato's number and Neoplatonism are Platonism.

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Paul Tannery

Paul Tannery (20 December 1843 – 27 November 1904) was a French mathematician and historian of mathematics.

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Perfect number

In number theory, a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive proper divisors, that is, divisors excluding the number itself.

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Philip Melanchthon

Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems.

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Plato

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. Plato's number and Plato are Platonism.

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Politics

Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

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Proclus

Proclus Lycius (8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity.

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Pythagorean triple

A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers,, and, such that.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Republic (Plato)

The Republic (Politeia) is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man.

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Sibyl

The sibyls (ai Sibyllai, singular Sibylla) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece.

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Timaeus (dialogue)

Timaeus (Timaios) is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of long monologues given by Critias and Timaeus, written 360 BC.

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Victor Cousin

Victor Cousin (28 November 179214 January 1867) was a French philosopher.

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216 (number)

216 (two hundred sixteen) is the natural number following 215 and preceding 217. Plato's number and 216 (number) are integers.

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See also

Greek mathematics

• A History of Greek Mathematics
• Abacus
• Ancient Greek mathematicians
• Attic numerals
• Chronology of ancient Greek mathematicians
• Euclid's orchard
• Greek mathematics
• Greek numerals
• Plato's number
• Salamis Tablet
• Tetractys
• The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems
• Timeline of ancient Greek mathematicians

Numerology

• 'Ilm al-huruf
• 11:11 (numerology)
• 12 (number)
• 13 (number)
• 144,000
• 2012 phenomenon
• 23 enigma
• 27 Club
• 777 (number)
• 88 (number)
• Bible code
• Biblical numerology
• Book of the Zodiac
• Chinese numerology
• Curse of 39
• Day-year principle
• English Qaballa
• Gematria
• Graded numerical sequence
• Heptadecaphobia
• Isopsephy
• List of cycles
• Luck
• Luoshu Square
• Magic squares
• Mathers table
• Musica universalis
• Number of the beast
• Numbers in Egyptian mythology
• Numbers in Germanic paganism
• Numerologists
• Numerology
• Numerology (Ismailism)
• Onomancy
• Petosiris to Nechepso
• Plato's number
• Pyramid inch
• Quran code
• Sacred geometry
• Significance of numbers in Judaism
• Tetraphobia
• The Beast (Revelation)
• Theomatics
• Triskaidekaphobia
• Twosday

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato's_number

Also known as Nuptial number, Platonic Sovereign Number.