Plato’s description in the Timaeus of a cosmology based on the five
regular volumes (tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, icosahedron, and
dodecahedron) echoes Pythagorean teaching regarding the manifestation of
the infinite within the finite. Plato postulates a metaphysics in which
the four elements of Greek science — earth, air, fire, and water — are
associated with four of the five solids.
He mysteriously
reserves his description of that most noble form used by the Creator to
fabricate the universe as “a certain fifth composition.” Tradition
relates the cube to earth, tetrahedron with fire, octahedron with air,
icosahedron with water, and the dodecahedron with the universe or
“prana/aether.”
Because he had
written that, “The earth viewed from above, resembles a ball sewn
together from twelve pieces of skin,” we believe he related the
dodecahedron to Gaia, the living planet earth. We also propose that
Plato’s mysterious “fifth composition” is more complex than the
dodecahedron - but based upon it.
We suggest that Plato’s most
noble framework for building the universe is a form which unifies and
supports all the forces operating simultaneously within the five regular
solids, the four primary elements, and the earth (Gaia) itself — the
Unified Vector Geometry 120 Sphere. We further contend that this sphere
is the pattern upon which the ancients built their armillary spheres,
which to this day are used to cast shadows for reading the solstices and
equinoxes.
Plato’s description in the Timaeus of a cosmology based on the five regular volumes (tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, icosahedron, and dodecahedron) echoes Pythagorean teaching regarding the manifestation of the infinite within the finite. Plato postulates a metaphysics in which the four elements of Greek science — earth, air, fire, and water — are associated with four of the five solids.
He mysteriously reserves his description of that most noble form used by the Creator to fabricate the universe as “a certain fifth composition.” Tradition relates the cube to earth, tetrahedron with fire, octahedron with air, icosahedron with water, and the dodecahedron with the universe or “prana/aether.”
Because he had written that, “The earth viewed from above, resembles a ball sewn together from twelve pieces of skin,” we believe he related the dodecahedron to Gaia, the living planet earth. We also propose that Plato’s mysterious “fifth composition” is more complex than the dodecahedron - but based upon it.
We suggest that Plato’s most noble framework for building the universe is a form which unifies and supports all the forces operating simultaneously within the five regular solids, the four primary elements, and the earth (Gaia) itself — the Unified Vector Geometry 120 Sphere. We further contend that this sphere is the pattern upon which the ancients built their armillary spheres, which to this day are used to cast shadows for reading the solstices and equinoxes.
No comments:
Post a Comment