Category: Culture
“Stories for the Soul”. Staged Zen tales (Medellin, Colombia)
New Acropolis Medellin offered a theatrical adaptation of the famous tales of the Zen Tradition – a compilation of Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki – for two weekends. Attendees enjoyed […]
“Symbols and myths in the Star Wars saga” (Vitória, ES, Brazil)
The speaker, Priscila Costa, spoke about this heroic saga in a philosophical light, as a modern myth that contains very practical symbols for life. Among these, the relationship between master […]
Students visit a Buddhist Temple (São Leopoldo- RS, Brazil)
The students of the San Leopoldo branch visited the Chagdud Gonpa Khadro Ling Buddhist Center, which offers meditation teachings and practices from the Nyingma tradition of Vajraiana Tibetan Buddhism, located […]
First International Congress of “Philosophy and Education” (Metepec, Mexico)
New Acropolis along with Universidad Azteca, ITUEM Institute, OPENBOOK and ICAEF organized the first International Congress of ‘Philosophy and Education’. With the participation of almost a hundred people, 16 speakers […]
Visit to the Barolo Palace, a living book (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
An organized visit to the Barolo Palace, one of the iconic buildings of Avenida de Mayo. This building built at the beginning of the twentieth century, is an architectural symbol […]
Talk on Freedom (Balvanera, Argentina)
Talk entitled “Are we really free?”: A presentation of the teachings of Seneca, Abraham Lincoln and Marcus Aurelius – three of the most important advocates and practitioners of Roman Stoicism […]
Lecture: “Leonardo da Vinci, uniting Art, Science and Philosophy” (Alajuela, Costa Rica)
A talk about Leonardo, a renaissance and universal man, whose entire life was a synthesis of search and discovery; and for whom nature and life were great Teachers.
Games for the Soul (Sofia, Bulgaria)
“Games for the Soul”, a unique approach of practical philosophy requiring the practice of attention to discover new dimensions of the imagination. The games tested concentration, dexterity and body awareness, developed […]
“Search: Yekaterinburg as a pathway” in the ‘Night of Museums’ (Russia)
This “search” was organized as part of the international event “Night of Museums”, which aims to encourage various cultural institutions to make art more accessible to the public for a […]
Lecture “Courtesy: Appearance or Essence?” (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Quoting the French novelist André Malraux: “Education is not inherited, it is conquered”. Courtesy tries to cultivate kindness and good manners in a group of people to create an environment […]
