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Philosophy
Philosophy, when it is practical, is educational. It helps us to know ourselves and to improve ourselves. To be a philosopher is a way of life committed to the best aspirations of humanity. Read More
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Volunteering
Volunteering is the natural expression of a spirit of union with life and humanity, which manifests in the practice of values such as unselfishness, commitment and striving for the common good. Read More
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Philosophy
Philosophy, when it is practical, is educational. It helps us to know ourselves and to improve ourselves. To be a philosopher is a way of life committed to the best aspirations of humanity. Read More
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Volunteering
Volunteering is the natural expression of a spirit of union with life and humanity, which manifests in the practice of values such as unselfishness, commitment and striving for the common good. Read More
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Volunteering
Volunteering is the natural expression of a spirit of union with life and humanity, which manifests in the practice of values such as unselfishness, commitment and striving for the common good. Read More
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Philosophy
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“Philosophy for Life” podcast (Israel)
We published out another episode of our “Philosophy for Life” podcast! And this time – a chapter on illness and healing with Tamar Ben-Shushan, who specializes in psychological treatment, and[…] -
Online Talk: Philosophy for a VUCA world (London, UK)
VUCA is an acronym for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. It was introduced in the late 1990s to describe the world that resulted from the end of the cold war[…] -
Online Talk: The Language of Symbols (London, UK)
This online talk, given by our speaker Julian Scott, explained how symbols – just like written language – express meaning, often at a deeper level than rational expression. The evening[…]
Culture
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Mystical Egypt (Sofia, Bulgaria)
New Acropolis held a short online course dedicated to the culture and spiritual heritage of ancient Egypt. The participants had the chance to gain deeper knowledge on topics such as[…] -
Philo-Fit Discussion: Emotional and mental flexibility instead of passivity and confinement (Pécs, Hungary)
The online talk centered on the passive, closed-minded attitude and the philosophical tools we have to overcome such states of mind. In other words, how we can stay mentally, emotionally[…] -
Living philosophy – Practical exercises (Australia)
We shared moments of joy, laughter, and philosophical discussions at the Living Philosophy practical exercises seminar. Through simple exercises, we reached our limits and learned how to expand them. A[…]
Volunteering
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For “Earth Day”: Cleaning the Gorge of Mills (Rhethymnon, Crete, Greece)
For “Earth Day”, members and friends of New Acropolis we visited the magnificent Gorge of Mills in Rethymnon, to clean the area. Then, we closed this voluntary action with a[…] -
Building Ecological Pond (Australia)
A group of volunteers from New Acropolis Australia joined hands to build an Ecological Pond in the RAW Garden. RAW – Resilience Aspiring Women is a grassroots organisation that reaches[…] -
Cleaning ambassadors (Belgium)
This May 1st we made our first action as “cleaning ambassadors”. We contributed on cleaning the main avenue of the municipality. Previously, an advertising campaign was carried out on our[…]
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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LIBRARY
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Do Not Give In to Pessimism
We live at a time in history – which is everybody’s life – when events are accelerating unstoppably, and often give us the impression that they are completely beyond our powers. We know that the duration of time varies in accordance with the inner state with which we measure it. For this reason, neither in […]
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Racism, a Product of Modernity
Racism can be expressed and experienced on different levels. Not knowing how to value another race or another religion is part of an ethical conception of racism. This is a relatively recent phenomenon. It appears in the Renaissance and especially develops in the 18th and 19th centuries. Non acceptance has always existed; in this regard, […]
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Fear and the Stages of Life
We live in a world of lasers, particle accelerators, satellite image transmission, mainframe computers and microchips, and many other things so unique to this era. At the same time, however, we live with our desires, passions, defects and virtues, with our universal and timeless fears, typical of every human being and of all times. And […]
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Sport Hunting – a Consensual Crime
Since the earliest times our current level of research can reach, man has made hunting one of his primary activities. Human groups, today considered primitive (although there is a reasonable possibility that they are actually the worn-down remains of other civilizations, which having completed their biological cycle have been buried in an oblivion that is […]
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