# Plato — Representative Men character guide

> Plato in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** The great-eyed Plato

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-plato-or-the-philospher

## Who they are

Greek philosopher and central subject of the second chapter, representing the philosopher type.

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