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 […]
Helping the homeless (Brussels, Belgium)
A group of volunteers walked the streets of the city offering warm beverages and food to the homeless; an opportunity to fraternize with them, and better understand their concerns and […]
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: “Messages and symbolism in ‘the Little Prince'” (San Pedro Sula, Honduras)
“Messages and symbolism in the Little Prince” by Iván Tábora, an educator specializing in social sciences, who highlighted important aspects of the book, such as friendship, the symbol of the […]
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’.
Thematic evening dedicated to Japan (Sofia, Bulgaria)
“Japanese Night” in Sofia dedicated to one of the most inspiring eastern cultures. Presenters highlighted some of the most relevant elements of Japanese culture: the essential principles of martial arts, […]
Talk: ‘The Fractal Universe’ (Belgrano- Buenos Aires, Argentina)
The Belgrano branch welcomed over 50 people interested in the conference on ‘the fractal universe’… Once again philosophy and science presented interesting viewpoints about the models of the universe, its […]
‘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 […]
