Question

Who was the student of socrates who later became an important philosopher himslef

Answer 1

The answer is Plato. He was the student of Socrates who later became an important philosopher himself.

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher who received a huge influence from Socrates. Plato began his career in philosophy as a student of Socrates and that is why Plato's early works evoke Socrates' point of view. Later on, Plato became the teacher of another great philosopher, Aristoteles.