Conversation so far:
What is one recurrent theme mentioned?
CANNOTANSWER.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In several of Plato's dialogues, Socrates promulgates the idea that knowledge is a matter of recollection.
Is there more to that idea?
He maintains this view somewhat at his own expense, because in many dialogues, Socrates complains of his forgetfulness.
What other beliefs did he have?
belief in the immortality of the soul, and several dialogues end with long speeches imagining the afterlife.
Does he describe his view on the afterlife?
More than one dialogue contrasts knowledge and opinion, perception and reality, nature and custom, and body and soul.
Are there details on these contrasts?
CANNOTANSWER.
What other things does he write about?
politics and art, religion and science, justice and medicine, virtue and vice, crime and punishment, pleasure and pain, rhetoric and rhapsody, human nature and sexuality, as well as love.

Question: Did he have any influences in his writing?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Plato have any other influences in his writing or recurrent themes?