claim: Pythagoras was engaged or learned in philosophy.
evidence: By its constitution , Egypt has a multi-party system .. Egypt. Egypt. multi-party. multi-party. However , in practice the National Democratic Party was the long-time ruling party and dominated the Egyptian political arena up until the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 , which ousted NDP president Hosni Mubarak .. National Democratic Party. National Democratic Party ( Egypt ). Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Egyptian Revolution of 2011. president. President of Egypt. Hosni Mubarak. Hosni Mubarak. Under Mubarak , opposition parties were allowed , but were widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power .. As of 8 June 2014 , Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the president .. president. President of Egypt. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. On 28 March 2011 , the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces introduced the Political Party Law , which eases restrictions on the legal establishment of new political parties in Egypt .. Egypt. Egypt. Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. The legislation has still however been criticized as discriminatory .. Under the law new parties are now required to have at least 5,000 members from at least ten of Egypt 's provinces .. Egypt. Egypt. Originally , new parties were only required to have 1,000 members .. This was cited as a barrier for new parties before parliamentary elections which took place at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 .. parliamentary elections. Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–12. Also , new party leaders are required to raise at least LE1 million to publish the names of the founding members in two widely circulated dailies , seen as favoring wealthier interests .. dailies. Daily newspaper. Also , no parties are able to form on the basis of religion or class , ruling out the formation of Islamic and labor parties .. religion. religion. class. Social class. Islamic. Islamic party. labor. List of Labour Parties. However , in practice , religious parties have been allowed .. After first being denied a license by the political parties commission , the Supreme Administrative Court allowed Gamaa Islamiya to form the Building and Development Party .. Gamaa Islamiya. Gamaa Islamiya. Building and Development Party. Building and Development Party. The political parties commission allowed the Al Nour Party to be approved in May 2011 , in part because it does not refer to the hudud in their electoral program .. hudud. hudud. An article on the Daily News Egypt website states that religious parties have gone around the ban by not explicitly advocating a state based on Islam in their political programs .. Egypt. Egypt. The 2014 Egyptian constitution bans parties based on religious grounds , though a similar law that was previously in effect did not bar Islamists from running in the 2012 presidential election or the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections .. parliamentary elections. Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–12. 2014 Egyptian constitution. Constitution of Egypt. 2012 presidential election. Egyptian presidential election, 2012. 2011-2012 parliamentary elections. Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–12