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Plato: Part 1 of 2

I just escaped the shower, finally. I spend way too long in there, thinking...

Honestly, the shower is probably my greatest source of inspiration. I've solved endless problems under the rhythmic pulse of the water. Today, though, I was just lost in thought, and managed to create problems.

I've posted on this site twice today, for the first time(s) ever. So with writing on the mind, I was reminded of a quote by Plato that I think I read in Alan Fletcher's The Art of Looking Sideways, and that is

"Writing is the geometry of the soul."

Simple, to the point. That's what I love about this little dictum.

Anyway, the more I thought about this, the more it seems that the statement is incomplete. It would seem, to myself anyway, that by relating writing to the soul, it begs the question of what parallel could be drawn between a human physicality/mentality and geometry. That is, if I were to re-write the quote as:

"Geometry is the writing of the ______."

What would fill in the blank? The mind? The left hemisphere? The analytical thinker?

I'm not sure, but I'd like to hear what you think.