The aim of the Soros Foundations is to promote the creation of open societies. The term open society was introduced to scientific thinking by French philosopher Henri Bergson in 1932. It was further developed by Karl Popper of Austria, primarily in his well-known book Open Society and Its Enemies, written during World War II. Having lived in Hungary under both the Fascist and the communist regimes, George Soros gained an insight into the oppressive power of closed societies.
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