Both Uses of
platonic
in
Atlas Shrugged
- You're the man who would know that just as an idea unexpressed in physical action is contemptible hypocrisy, so is platonic love-and just as physical action unguided by an idea is a fool's self-fraud, so is sex when cut off from one's code of values.†
Chpt 2.4platonic = loving, but not sexual
- The woman of great spirit who admired you platonically, just for your genius, your mills and your Metal!†
Chpt 2.5 *platonically = in a manner that is loving, but not sexual
Definition:
a loving relationship or feeling that does not have a sexual aspect