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

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