Category: World Philosophy Day
9th Philosophy Congress: “Human Dignity”. Tribute to World Philosophy Day (Madrid, Spain)
On the occasion of the celebration of World Philosophy Day, New Acropolis organized the 9th Philosophy Congress, on Human Dignity as a central topic this year. The opening of the […]
World Philosophy Day 2018 (Rome, Italy)
On the occasion of World Philosophy Day, Rome volunteers organized several activities on friendship, held at the presidential Hall of the Ostiense railway station in Rome, courtesy of RFI-Gruppo Ferrovie […]
World Philosophy Day (Bulgaria)
New Acropolis Bulgaria celebrated World Philosophy Day by organizing the traditional “philosophical reading” event open to the public. Participants’ reading of excerpts by Stoics Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius led […]
Lecture: “More Plato and less Whatsapp” (Montevideo, Uruguay)
New Acropolis offered a lecture to commemorate World Philosophy Day, under the auspices of UNESCO, and addressed the following topics: – Highlights of Platonic philosophy – The Myth of the Cave […]
A night in the School of Athens, on World Philosophy Day (Panama)
On World Philosophy Day, the love of wisdom united us to honor the famous philosophers represented in Raphael’s fresco ‘The School of Athens’.
‘Philosophy on the Square’ on World Philosophy Day (Podgorica, Montenegro)
Croatia commemorated World Philosophy Day with a varied program of activities; one of them was holding an information booth in a city square, where interested citizens had the opportunity to […]
Record attendance at the third Long Night of Philosophy (Austria)
With more than 2,000 visitors, this year’s Long Night on the occasion of UNESCO’s World Philosophy Day attracted record attendance. 56 events were held at night across eight Austrian cities; they […]
Wisdom in myths and fairy tales (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Celebration of World Philosophy Day in Bratislava with two lectures on the symbolism of myths and fairy tales, highlighting the importance of mythological tradition and the symbolism hidden behind the […]
“Philosophy Week: A Tribute to World Philosophy Day” (Cordoba, Argentina)
We gave brief TED type talks on different topics such as: “The allegory of the cave: Philosophy that breaks chains”; “Philosophy and Education: knowing how to live”; “Philosophy and Art: […]
Talk ‘About Human Dignity’ on World Philosophy Day (Cadiz, Spain)
Talk on human dignity, its various features and facets, by Helena Correas, director of New Acropolis Cadiz, to commemorate World Philosophy Day.
