American philosopher John Rawls says that truth is the first virtue of systems of thought, because justice is the virtue of institutions. Gustavo Pereira, Doctor of Philosophy and Director of the Department of Philosophy of Practice in the university’s Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences explains: “Systems of thought – science and knowledge without truth, collapse and institutions without the collapse of justice” of the Republic.

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