Plato’s Contribution to the Development of Atom
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- What are the contributions of Plato in the development of Atom?
- Plato (428 - 348 BC) proposed that everything made is not meant to be changed. He improved the idea of the four classical elements (fire, air, water, and earth) by adding specific corpuscles (tiny particles), in which every form of matter can be divided into one of the basic four geometric solids, each having a unique shape.
- A tetrahedron is known as a triangular pyramid in geometry. The tetrahedron consists of 4 triangular faces, 6 straight edges, and 4 vertex corners. It is a platonic solid which has a three-dimensional shape with all faces as triangles.Tetrahedron for fire because its points and sharp edges made it .
- Octahedron for air because it can penetrate, but is less mobile than fire. An octahedron has six vertices, and eight triangular faces, out of which four meet. The octahedron symbolizes universal and unconditional love.
- Icosahedron for water because it cannot penetrate anything and is less mobile. Icosahedron has 20 faces, 30 edges, and 12 vertices. The shape consists of equilateral triangle faces. It has the greatest volume for its surface area of any platonic solid. It has the greatest number of faces of any platonic solid.
- The cube represents the earth, the octahedron represents the air, the tetrahedron represents the fire, the icosahedron represents the water, and the dodecahedron represents the universe.
- Due to the theory that each form of matter can be divided by means of mathematics, and each corpuscle has an unchanging level of reality, it offered a good account of changes among the primary substances.
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