Plato was one of the diciple of Socrates. He made Socrates knowledge famous, he made it well known because he wrote everything Socrates said. Plato was very influenced by Socrates revolutionary ideas about society, life,etc. This create interest and an obsession in Plato, and after the dead of Socrates, Plato starts to writing about Socrates live, his thoughts.
Plato decide to continue with Socrates ideas. Plato start talking about reality, he do this with the story of the cave, this idea is about the truth of reality, that says that some people after they go outside the cave, enter again and try to convince the others that the world is different, that is beautiful, but nobody believe him, and they say that they din't want changes because they produce fear in people.
Plato is very important for all of us, because his ideas were very interesting and they transcend along the time, they persist and influence us in the society and in the types of thought.
I thing that Plato became a famous philosopher because he change many things in the world only with his different types of thought that influence all the world.
Your ideas are very clearly stated and i feel like you understand the material although the example of the cave is a little vague
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