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[email protected] Website: www.unesco.org/shs/philosophy Cover images: gettyimages Interior images: © Jérémie Dobiecki Photos: http://office.microsoft.com/fr-fr/clipart/ Designed by Jérémie Dobiecki Printed by Dumas-Titoulet Imprimeurs ISBN 978-92-3-104070-2 © UNESCO 2007 Printed in France PHILOSOPHY ASCHOOL OF FREEDOM Teaching philosophy and learning to philosophize: Status and prospects UNESCO Publishing PHILOSOPHY: A SCHOOL OF FREEDOM Special thanks To the experts Michel Tozzi (Chapter I), Luca Scarantino (Chapters II and III), Oscar Brenifier (Chapter IV) and Pascal Cristofoli (Chapter V), who provided UNESCO with the basis for this study, of which both spirit and letter have largely been retained.