Category: Promotion of Philosophy
‘If you were a tree, which one would you be?’ (Stuttgart, Germany)
Prof. Harry Costin guided participants in his ‘tree workshop’ toward interesting knowledge about their own lives. Carrying out this activity in the middle of a beautiful park of the city of […]
Lecture for students of the Baccalaureate State School (São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil)
New Acropolis São Leopoldo presented a lecture to students of the Olindo Flores Baccalaureate State School entitled ‘How to live in difficult times without losing our values?’ Deise Oliveira, educational counselor, invited […]
Lecture on ‘The art of happiness’ according to the famous book by the Dalai Lama (Haifa, Israel)
A lecture by Elad Proter was held at the Haifa branch of New Acropolis Israel, on this always relevant topic, attended by a diverse crowd of young and young-at-heart people. […]
Lecture ‘Modern physics and ancient philosophies’ (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Lecture by Rubens Merlino on modern physics and ancient philosophies in the lecture hall of New Acropolis Pocitos. Some modern-day theories pertaining to Physics were addressed such as quantum physics […]
Winners of the competition ‘Philosophy in practice’ (Patra, Greece)
At a popular Cafe in Patra, New Acropolis awarded prizes to the winners of the competition ‘Philosophy in practice’: a great opportunity to talk with participants about the importance of […]
Philosophical debate on happiness (Zagreb, Croatia)
Does the path to true happiness lie within us and our attitude towards the world? The ancient philosopher Epictetus said: “It is not up to you whether you will be […]
It happened on the streets… “The search for happiness” (Thessaloniki, Greece)
By manifesting artistically and dynamically our care and love for our fellow citizens, we carried out in Thessaloniki (northern Greece) street interviews: we asked the citizens that were taking a walk to tell […]
Memorial evening dedicated to the philosopher Giordano Bruno (Moscow, Central Russia)
New Acropolis Moscow organized a memorial evening dedicated to the 415th anniversary of Giordano Bruno’s death. The first part of the event had a quite unusual format. An open debate was […]
Philosophy in the streets of Montreal (Canada)
In the Eastern philosophies, Tibetans had a symbolic image to express how our fears, our limitations are illusions. They spoke of “paper doors.” We can think we are surrounded by […]
Budapest celebrated Freedom of Thought and of Conscience Day (Hungary)
In honor of the great humanist Giordano Bruno, several talks about his teachings and life were carried out in the center of New Acropolis Budapest. There was also a theatrical performance […]
