Author: Uruguay
Lecture: “More Plato and less Whatsapp” (Montevideo, Uruguay)
New Acropolis offered a lecture to commemorate World Philosophy Day, under the auspices of UNESCO, and addressed the following topics: – Highlights of Platonic philosophy – The Myth of the Cave […]
4th National School Music competition (Montevideo, Uruguay)
In the framework of the International Program for the Promotion of Music, and on the occasion of the celebration of International Music Day, the National School Music competition was organized […]
Talk : Leonardo Da Vinci the Philosopher Genius (Uruguay)
Talk about Leonardo Da Vinci, “the Philosopher Genius”: The presenter highlighted the prototype of the Renaissance human being, Da Vinci’s works of art, his science, his engineering, the analogy with […]
Talk: “Karma, the law of action and reaction” (Uruguay)
Prof. Andrés Salinas spoke about this fundamental law of nature. He highlighted the fact that these laws were not only studied by Oriental cultures, but, under other names as “necessity” […]
Visiting the Children’s Home (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Like every month, we visited the ‘Amanecer’ (Sunrise) Children’s Home, and took advantage of the rainy day to make crafts and decorations with colorful stamps, and carried out other fun activities […]
Food and clothing donation campaign for children (Montevideo Uruguay)
We visited the children’s soup kitchen of the Church of Torrefuerte to deliver over 100 kg of non-perishable foods and warm clothes. After some recreational and educational activities, we shared […]
Donation of clothes and non-perishable foods (Montevideo, Uruguay)
A total of 250 kg of clothing and around 80 kg of non-perishable foods were donated to the Torrefuerte Church, that works in the Paso de la Arena area with […]
Talk: “Star Wars. The Myth of the Hero” (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Philosophical talk dedicated to the legendary Star Wars saga, with the aim of establishing parallels between the film and the heroic capacity of the human being. The activity was very well […]
Talk: “Warriors of the East” (Montevideo, Uruguay)
New Acropolis invited the Bodhidarma Institute of Martial Arts to give a talk on the Shaolin warriors of China, the Hwarang of Korea and the Samurai of Japan. In addition […]
Collaborating on World Health Day (Montevideo, Uruguay)
As part of World Heart Day, New Acropolis Uruguay volunteer instructors in the area of first aid and rescue, participated once again in one of the workshops organized in the […]