Read I.F. Stone's essay from Harper's, January 1981.
What do you think about Stone's questions? For example, what do you think about the fact that Plato is so widely taught and admired? About Stone' hypothesis that Plato has his ideological fans among the "hierarchies", the aristocracies of wealth, power, and prestige?
Write a thoughtful 350 words on this and related topics. Refer to Stone's essays -- this one primarily, but also the previous essay by Stone that you have read, and to Plato's Apology.
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