answer these questions

1.What is the social/political message in this text? If you can, try to understand the political system that Plato is being critical of (ie. democracy, oligarchy, etc.)

2.What is the epistemic message in this text? 

3.What is the aesthetic message in this text?  

4. Right now we are seeing a lot of skepticism in the news regarding who to believe, who to follow, and what real information looks like. Do you think this is new to our present day, or has this existed since Plato's time? How has it changed over time, and what is unique about our current situation?