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Maybe I talk about myself too much. Wait, it's my journal. STFU.

Hana was a Secretive Executioner in a past life. Discover your past lives @ Quiz Me

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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Because I hate hip-hop.

So I was walking to the library, and thinking about the boy, when I thought, "I'm sure his feelings for me a purely platonic." This sent me on a tangent. Where does platonic come from? Is its origin in the name Plato, like the philosopher, or did the word 'plato' have a meaning in Greek to describe a situation similar to someone having platonic feelings?
So, ultimately, I was wondering, how the hell was the word 'platonic' formed and what exactly does it mean?

Pla·ton·ic
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy: Platonic dialogues; Platonic ontology.
2. often platonic Transcending physical desire and tending toward the purely spiritual or ideal: platonic love.
3. often platonic Speculative or theoretical.

[After Plato.]

Pla·toni·cal·ly adv.

Word History: Plato did not invent the term or the concept that bears his name, but he did see sexual desire as the germ for higher loves. Marsilio Ficino, a Renaissance follower of Plato, used the terms amor socraticus and amor platonicus interchangeably for a love between two humans that was preparatory for the love of God. From Ficino's usage, Platonic (already present in English as an adjective to describe what related to Plato and first recorded in 1533) came to be used for a spiritual love between persons of opposite sexes. In our own century Platonic has been used of relationships between members of the same sex. Though the concept is an elevated one, the term has perhaps more often been applied in ways that led Samuel Richardson to have one of his characters in Pamela say, "I am convinced, and always was, that Platonic love is Platonic nonsense."

So that was fun finding that out. Beyond that, my day was writing down some vampire quotes for my friend. I also got to see Matt bring Mr. Quinn up short. Quinn finally realized that, despited him being a vampire were-bear ninja, he couldn't squeeze water out of the stone of Matt's resolve.
Haha, wasn't that a great metaphor.
Okay that's all for today.

Fin.