That was a great read, thanks for the link. > Plato was a dreadful fellow, the source of a persistent evil from which the world has not yet been liberated, [..

That was a great read, thanks for the link. > Plato was a dreadful fellow, the source of a persistent evil from which the world has not yet been liberated, [...] Does anyone more familiar with Plato know what Nelson could have meant by that? Edit: Alright, I think I found the reason: "platonism" is a form of mathematical realism, while Nelson strongly favored mathematical formalism.