On the Art of Writing · Character
Plato
Greek philosopher invoked in discussions of rhetoric and style.
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First appearance: lecture i inaugural
Plato shows up with force in Lecture X: English Literature in Our Universities (I). The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned in the context of choosing an unhealthy site for his Academy, as a parallel to medieval reasoning about university locations.
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