Category: World Philosophy Day
“Philosophy returns to unite”. World Philosophy Day (Athens, Greece)
With “a big thank you for contributing to Philosophy’s return”, the Director of New Acropolis in Greece, Maria Jimenez Plana, welcomed the participants at the open discussion on World Philosophy Day, […]
World Philosophy Day: ‘A rendez-vous with Aristotle’ (Bratislava, Košice, Slovakia)
On the occasion of World Philosophy Day, New Acropolis Slovakia hosted in two cities an evening dedicated to Aristotle, given the 2400th anniversary of the philosopher’s birth. The activity included a lecture […]
Philosophy for Living: Commemorative lecture on World Philosophy Day (Mumbai, India)
To celebrate World Philosophy Day, New Acropolis in Mumbai hosted a talk titled ‘Philosophy for Living’ presented by National Director Yaron Barzilay, at the Indian Express Gallery. With the participation of […]
Prize-giving ceremony for the Photography and Poetry and Short Story Competitions (El Salvador)
As part of its activities for World Philosophy Day, New Acropolis held a prize-giving ceremony for its Photography Competition on the theme “Images to make us think” and the Poetry […]
World Philosophy Day, “Beauty is possible!” (Milan, Italy)
A special event took place in the lecture hall of the University of Milano-Bicocca, where volunteers, artists and students celebrated the five years of the Project “CosiMiPiace” (“Now I Like […]
World Philosophy Day (Tel Aviv, Israel)
This year the commemoration of World Philosophy Day had as theme ‘come as you are’, according to Rumi’s famous saying, and consisted of a series of short TED- style lectures, […]
New Acropolis Cordoba celebrates World Philosophy Day (Argentina)
New Acropolis Cordoba celebrated World Philosophy Day in the Square of Philosophers, located at the National University of the city. Friends and volunteers participated in a fun philosophical evening, engaging […]
New Acropolis Portugal celebrates World Philosophy Day (Portugal)
New Acropolis Portugal commemorated World Philosophy Day, established by UNESCO with a series of activities in its various locations. The main theme chosen by all centers was Aristotle in tribute to the […]
‘Philosophy as antidote against corruption’, lecture as tribute to World Philosophy Day (Mexico City, Mexico)
New Acropolis in the city of Mexico offered a lecture about how to fight against the virus of corruption in the country, highlighting the role of philosophy, as the discipline that […]
Cycle dedicated to World Philosophy Day (Granada, Spain)
Since 2002, UNESCO established the third Thursday of each November as World Philosophy Day, to promote worldwide interest in an activity that is historically located at the heart of mankind’s […]
