Round 6: Tossup 7

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 discusses knowledge (10[1])with the title student of this discipline in the Theaetetus (“thee-ay-TEE-tuss”). Legendarily, an inscription above the Academy warned, “Let no one ignorant of [this discipline] (10[1])enter here.” The Timaeus links each of the classical elements to an object studied in this discipline. Socrates uses a problem in this discipline (-5[1])to explain his idea (10[1])of inborn knowledge, or anamnesis, to a slave in the Meno. (10[1])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[1])

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