The state of philosophy teaching in the region and its challenges at all levels of education will be discussed.

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So the purpose of teaching philosophy was - and remains, in theory - to complete the education of young men and women and permit them to think.

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Staff needed to be convinced that this accorded with the school's philosophy of open dissemination of knowledge and information, and the local education authority's historic reluctance to endorse free software had to be overcome.

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The Bible has affected the world for centuries in innumerable ways, including art, literature, philosophy, government, philanthropy, education, social justice and humanitarianism.

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