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Shakespeare Lessons in Critical Thinking

How many are true, noble, pure, and admirable critical thinkers? Not many, perhaps. Let’s look at the following example. Recently, my daughter-in-law, Andrea, asked who wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare. I quickly responded, “Everyone knows that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Some people suggested Francis Bacon as the author, but that idea has been effectively…