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There are 5 platonic solids which are the only 5 regular polyhedra (possible).

Plato attributed 4 of them to the 4 elements:

  • Fire ≡ Tetrahedron
  • Earth ≡ Cube
  • Air ≡ Octahedron
  • Water ≡ Icosahedron

Aristotle added the fifth element "Ether" saying the heavens were made of it; he did not associate the fifth platonic solid, the Dodecahedron, to it.

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A platonic solid is a regular, convex polyhedron.

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