# Plato — On the Art of Writing character guide

> Plato in On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-lecture-i-inaugural

## Who they are

Greek philosopher invoked in discussions of rhetoric and style.

## In the story

### [Lecture X: English Literature in Our Universities (I)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/lecture-x-english-literature-in-our-universities-i)

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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