This article could also be called “More of the same” as we look at the circumstances surrounding the life and times of Socrates and overlap it with our own society today. This point stems from a recent article in The Economist titled “Arguing to Death” (1) which the reader is given to look over Socrates’ teachings in democratic Athens during the 5th century B.C. ... [
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In mid-November of 2009, The Economist wrote an article dealing with France’s sudden interest in Islamic banking, the irony being that France has been very intolerant of Muslim dress in public places in recent years as the country holds dearly to its secularist identity.
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