Category: Promotion of Philosophy
‘Filosofarte’: what is love for young people? (Alicante, Spain)
A new activity by members of ‘Ulysses’ Challenge’, a group of young philosophers who held a talk with joint reflections, debates and poetry, entitled FILOSOFARTE, focused on the theme: What […]
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: “The Voice of the Silence” (Panama)
A tribute to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, an incredible woman who in the West translated many Eastern wisdom texts. She devoted her life to this wonderful purpose, through suffering, rejection, condemnation […]
On the cynical philosopher Diogenes (Cyprus)
This philosopher, Diogenes, is generally known through anecdotes from his time. This presentation aimed at showing how his practical philosophy and the breakdown of the various social and mental barriers […]
Philosophical workshop (Panama)
Philosophical workshop: a space to give ourselves the answers we need. It is difficult to find places in large cities where you can think and reflect upon transcendental issues without […]
How can I hear “My” voice in all the noise around us ? Philosophy workshop (Taipei, Taiwan)
We had an interesting opportunity to learn about the different voices, around and within us, which influence our daily life. We learned how can we slowly distinguish what is my […]
What things do really belong to us…? Philosophy workshop (Taipei, Taiwan)
We discussed the concept of reincarnation and the magical relationship between life and death. We shared together what will we do if we discover we ran out of time. We […]
Experimental high-school visits New Acropolis (Chicago, USA)
New Acropolis volunteers from Chicago hosted students from the Global Citizenship Experience Lab School (GCE), an alternative high-school which focuses on experience learning. The students took part in a class […]
Where is our happiness…? Philosophy workshop (Taipei, Taiwan)
Inspired by the movie “The new world” we discussed how can we see our lives from a new perspective, and what usually holds us back from reaching the “new world” […]
Lecture and discussion – Buddha’s teaching and the art of Happiness (Australia)
“Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank.” Dhammapada We discussed this sentence and others from […]
The important Philosophical Dialogue (Kyoto, Japan)
On February New Acropolis held a philosophical dialogue about current issues and based on timeless ideas of philosophers around the world.
