Category: Promotion of Philosophy
Talk on freedom (Belgium)
We all recognize freedom as an essential value. However, what freedom is and how it can be achieved has always been, and continues to be, a matter of debate. Many […]
What about truth ? World Philosophy Day (Paris, France)
On the occasion of World Philosophy Day, and as part of the 1st edition of the “Night of Philosophy Festival” in Paris, the association New Acropolis Paris invited two renowned […]
Public Lecture – Where has the wisdom hidden? (Belgrade, Serbia)
This question, which reflects what we have all at least once pondered, confronted with absurdities, misfortunes, and problems of today’s world, was the basis for the lecture that New Acropolis […]
Plato: Facts and … Myths! (Gdansk, Warsaw, Poland)
New Acropolis organized a meeting around the idea of Plato’s myths, where they tried to convey the timeless language with which Plato touches human hearts.
Promotion of the Self-Awareness Seminar under the Parthenon (Greece-Athens)
With a view of the Parthenon in Athens, we distributed brochures, invitations and placed posters to invite young people to the Self-Awareness Seminar. Interesting discussions were developed under the moonlight, […]
Participation in the Kanagawa Minato Festa 2022 (Yokohama, Japan)
New Acropolis Yokohama participated in the Kanagawa Minato Festa, an event held at the Kanagawa Public Hall near the JR Higashi-Kanagawa Station, which involves showing and explaining the daily activities […]
Talk: “The 3 Gunas” (Guatemala, Guatemala)
Borrowing ideas from the millenary text Bhagavad Gita, this talk dealt with the 3 states of matter, or Gunas (rajas, tamas and satva) and Right Action (for overcoming attachment). The […]
Workshop: Art of Decision-Making (Australia)
Dynamic and interactive workshop around the Art of making decisions. And it is that sometimes, seven breaths are too many to make the right decision… It was a fun experience […]
The “National Festival of Active Philosophy” (Bologna, Italy)
Cosmos, pop culture and mythology: Philosophy resides in anything! This is the message that the volunteers of New Acropolis Bologna launched during the 4th edition of the “National Festival of […]
New Acropolis took part in the Festival “We are from Ukraine” (Vinnytsya, Ukraine)
The festival “We are from Ukraine” united active residents of Vinnytsya and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who moved to this city because of war. The residents of Vinnytsia shared their […]
