The main thing I know about Plato is that he would write his master to say "Oh I'm so humble, I don't know anything!" while clearly not actually believing it and then put in other characters that would say shit like "Wow Socrates you are super humble and also smart and correct!"

The Rhetoritician would with zero irony make a great character for a post-dirtbag left pod and/or stage production.

This is a massive compliment. Genuinely thank you, this made me happy.