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The tetrahedron is the Platonic solid with three triagular faces
arranged around every vertex. Plato identified this polyhedron with
the shape of fire atoms.
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The cube is the Platonic solid with three square faces arranged
around every vertex. Plato idenfied this polyhedron with the shape of
earth atoms.
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The octahedron is the Platonic solid with four triangular faces arranged
around every vertex. Plato idenfied this polyhedron with the shape of
air atoms.
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The icosahedron is the Platonic solid with five triangular faces arranged
around every vertex. Plato idenfied this polyhedron with the shape of
water atoms.
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The dodecahedron is the Platonic solid with three pentagonal faces
arranged around every vertex. Plato identified this polyhedron with
the shape of cosmos atoms.
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