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The Life Inside: Philosophy in Prison

Word of Mouth

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The Effect of Socrates on Prisoners

Andy West has been teaching philosophy to prisoners in a Victorian prison. He says he takes pleasure in the fact that they are still talking about Caravaggio days later. 'I think you can perhaps offer people something of their humanity back through a philosophical conversation'

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