In another sense, any person with the kind of mind tending to have what might be called visionary leanings, who regards the things around us as fleeting and insubstantial and aspires to a higher world, may be spoken of as a Platonist.

• 从另一种意义上说，凡是认为世界是不确定的、非实质性的，并且幻想存在一个更高世界的人，都可以被看作是一个柏拉图主义者。