Tag: philosophy
Colloquium : 5 women with exceptional destinies (Montpellier, France)
On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, we celebrate four remarkable personalities: Germaine Tillion, Aung San Suu Kyi, Christiane Singer and Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Resistance fighter, activist, philosopher, writer… […]
Thinking with… The Bhagavad Gita (Marseille, France)
New Acropolis Marseille organised a philosophy workshop led by Danielle Chaillot on the theme ‘Thinking with the Bhagavad Gita’. The workshop gave participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of […]
To be true to oneself or to lose oneself: the philosopher in the face of the unknown (Paris 5, France)
In an increasingly uncertain world with shifting reference points, philosophy is once again a necessity. The complexity of current political developments, with their democratic crises, international tensions and social upheavals, […]
With Reza Moghaddassi, we die to our illusions (Biarritz, France).
Why is that? Because each and every one of us, in the wanderings of our imperfect and tragic existence, experienced the One for an instant. This very experience legitimises the […]
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and the Mystery of Oneness (Paris, France)
Fernand Schwarz, anthropologist and philosopher, founder of New Acropolis in France, gave a lecture on Madame Blavatsky to many attendees at New Acropolis Paris 5. ‘Keep the union!’ : these […]
Plotinus and the Mysteries of the Inner Life (Paris, France)
Who was Plotinus? Undoubtedly another Plato for his contemporaries of the third century A.D. Plotinus, spearhead of Neoplatonism, left us a unique spiritual legacy. He taught us to transcend the […]
Long Night of Science (Nuremberg, Germany)
Every two years the scientific institutions of the city of Nuremberg open their doors to the public for a “Long Night”. This time the New Acropolis Center presented five lectures […]
Lecture: “The First Philosophers” (Paris, France)
At Espace Le Moulin, we delved into the origins of Western philosophy, long before Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. In this lecture, which will be followed by a monthly series of […]
What about the truth? World Philosophy Day (Paris, France)
On the occasion of World Philosophy Day, and as part of the 1st edition of the “Nuit de la Philosophie” Festival in Paris, the New Acropolis Paris association invited two […]
The alchemy of the couple (Paris, France)
What is the meaning of a couple nowadays? Is it just the comfort of a well-oiled relationship that works like clockwork? Or does the couple allow us to encounter that […]