Question

Plutarch preserves Plato’s supposed claim that God “continually” practices this discipline, which is often cited to link Plato to this discipline’s “sacred” form. (10[1])Socrates (10[1])discusses knowledge (10[1])with the title student of this (10[1])discipline (10[1])in the (10[1])Theaetetus (10[3])(“thee-ay-TEE-tuss”). Legendarily, (10[1])an inscription above (10[1])the Academy warned, “Let no one (10[2])ignorant (10[3])of (10[1])[this discipline] (10[2])enter here.” (10[3]-5[1])The Timaeus (10[3])links each of the classical elements to an object studied (10[1])in this discipline. (10[4]-5[1])Socrates (10[2]-5[1])uses a problem in this discipline (10[2]-5[2])to explain his idea (10[1])of inborn knowledge, (10[1])or anamnesis, (10[1])to a slave in the Meno. (10[5])A philosopher (10[1])best known for naming a statement (10[1])in this discipline (10[2])led a vegetarian commune (10[2])and was from Samos. (10[2]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, Plato names five regular, convex polyhedra studied in what mathematical (10[1])discipline? ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: geometry [accept sacred geometry; prompt on mathematics or maths] (The philosopher in the penultimate sentence is Pythagoras.)
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