Category: Promotion of Philosophy
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.
Plato’s Myth of the Cave Seminar (Raleigh, USA)
Seminar on Plato’s Myth of the Cave. Topics focused on the nature of reality and the importance of philosophical education.
The Dalai Lama and the practice of Compassion (Panama)
Lecture about the Dalai Lama and the practice of compassion. It’s easy to be compassionate with those we like; it is more difficult with those who do not treat us […]
Gandhi and non violence (Panama)
An important person who brought the liberation of his country without dropping a drop of blood, with a clear ideal, and a solid will; the example of Gandhi has inspired […]
Talk: “An encounter with death” (Merida, Venezuela)
Since time immemorial death has represented one of the great mysteries for man. This topic, sometimes approached with superstition, other times with indifference and in fewer occasions with wisdom, arouses […]
Lecture on practical psychology (Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Lecture on courage to leading oneself before leading others and teamwork. Lecture was followed by practical exercises were participants discovered their characteristics according to traditional Indian society and they managed […]
How can we use our emotions and feelings instead of them using us ? – Philosophy workshop (Taipei, Taiwan)
A philosophical workshop on how to get in touch with our feeling, was held at Impact-Hub in Taipei. We learned where are our feelings located inside of us, and why […]
