# Plato — The Blazing World character guide

> Plato in The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** divine Plato

**First appearance:** 0002-the-description-of-a-new-world-called-the-blazing-world

## Who they are

Ancient philosopher invoked in debates about ideal forms and knowledge.

## Relationships

### [The Duchess of Newcastle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/the_duchess_of_newcastle)

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Plato appears as a philosophical authority whose ideas the Duchess debates and reinterprets.

### [The Empress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/the_empress)

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Plato advises the Empress on philosophical matters, though his ideas are often contested by her practical experience.

### [The Duchess of Newcastle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/the_duchess_of_newcastle)

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Plato appears as a philosophical authority whose ideas the Duchess debates and reinterprets.

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