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Thursday, October 10, 2013

What would Socrates think of homeless Greeks in caves today

In the birthplace of democracy, near the Acropolis in Athens, there are caves where people with no homes are living. Twenty-five centuries after the classical philosopher Socrates, the caves are occupied again. Tradition says one of these caves was his prison. The jobless tenants forage for food in the city by day; they’re back on Fillopapou hill at night, better in a cave than on the ...

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