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“Let go of false masks!” (Paris, France)
Volunteers of New Acropolis Paris 5 taking part in Project “let go of false masks” in support of a city hospital. According to a recent survey, 54% of the French are experiencing a happy quarantine....
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Earth Day (France)
“Earth Day” is an international event dedicated to the education and respect for the environment, and on April 22, the 50th year of its existence was celebrated [1]. In 2009, the United Nations...
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Reincarnation in ancient Egypt: Lecture by Fernand Schwarz (Paris, France)
The Paris – 5 New Acropolis Center presented a lecture on Facebook Live on the topic of reincarnation in Ancient Egypt by anthropologist and philosopher Fernand Schwarz, founder of New Acropolis...
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Helping the homeless (Lyon, France)
Right after the end of the last lockdown, New Acropolis volunteers resumed their tours to help the homeless downtown. What a joy to rediscover the warm and friendly interpersonal contact between...
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Philosophical keys to live in an uncertain world. Lecture by Fernand Schwarz...
Ancient wisdom including Buddhism and Stoicism already understood the nature of uncertainty, illusion, and impermanence. Today, with the Covid-19 pandemic, this question has come to the fore: How to...
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New Acropolis Podcasts (France)
Since over a year the lecture recordings from the different centers of New Acropolis France have been available for free in podcast format. Over fifty lectures are available in the areas of...
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International Volunteering Day (France)
New Acropolis volunteers were mobilized for International Volunteering Day, with several social volunteering activities in France. Help for the homeless (New Acropolis Paris, Toulouse, Lyon) With the...
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European Heritage Days (La Cour Petral, France)
The French Ministry of Culture organised the annual European Heritage Days in mid-September. The former Cour Petral Abbey opened its doors for this occasion. The Cour Petral belongs to the association...
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World Clean-Up Day (France)
Seven New Acropolis centres mobilised in support of the international “World Clean-Up Day” movement, which brought together more than 150 countries in one day for a cleaner planet! In total, 126...
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“Spiritual Exercises by Ancient Philosophies” World Philosophy Day 2020 (France)
World Philosophy Day, promoted by UNESCO, has been celebrated for 15 years without interruption by New Acropolis France, in an attempt to make philosophy a means to live better every day. In 2020, New...
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Help for the homeless during the Christmas period (France)
Throughout the month of December, volunteers from New Acropolis France mobilised to offer a moment of warmth to the homeless. Special Christmas preparations were made such as preparing and wrapping...
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Visit to the isolated patients of the Vaugirard Hospice (Paris, France)
Volunteers from New Acropolis Paris 15 visited the isolated people of the Vaugirard hospital, to whom they gave Christmas cards made by themselves. Even when a person is in his or her own world,...
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The Practice of Philosophy for a Better Daily Life (Lyon, France)
New Acropolis Lyon hosted a lecture by Fernand Schwarz, philosopher and writer, entitled: “The practice of philosophy for a better daily life”. This lecture, initially planned as a face-to-face event...
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Volunteer Day (Paris, France)
Volunteers from New Acropolis Paris 5 took action to assist those most in need. About 20 homeless people received their support and care. The volunteers, in association with partners from local...
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Ulysses’ Initiatory Journey in podcasts (Lyon, France)
Volunteers from New Acropolis Lyon took on a great challenge: to design and produce a series of 14 podcasts on the symbolic and philosophical reading of Homer’s Odyssey. Why has a school of philosophy...
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“The first philosophers”. Analysis of the book by its author (France)
Who were the first philosophers? New Acropolis France, had the honour of inviting María Dolores Fernández-Fígares to an online talk in mid-April on the occasion of the publication in French of her...
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“Photo-Philo” photography workshop (Bordeaux, France)
Photography workshop with philosophical perspective organized by New Acropolis Bordeaux “To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye and the heart.” This is the definition...
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“Philo-Cafe: Is euthanasia contrary to life?” (Biarritz, France)
New Acropolis offered a new edition of its ‘Philo-Cafe” whereby participants came together via zoom to ‘debate’ about “Is euthanasia contrary to life?”. They discussed whether euthanasia is a way of...
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The 29th Olympiad of New Acropolis (France)
The 29th Olympiad of New Acropolis France took place under the sun of the Perche region, at the Cour Petral last July. On the program of sports events: races (10000m, 400m, 100m, 4x100m relay),...
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Heritage Days at the Cour Petral (France)
The European Heritage Days took place on September 18 and 19, 2021 at the Cour Petral with the theme “Heritage for all”, thus emphasizing the accessibility of heritage, with a program suitable for...
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