COURSE: PHILOSOPHY FOR LIVING #EmergingFromConfinement

New Acropolis provides courses in practical philosophyin several levels (beginner level, level 2, etc.) that can bring meaning to life, to encourage a more ethical and humanistic culture, and to promote social and environmental volunteering to build a more just society.New Acropolis, where does this name come from?As a tribute to the ancient and famous Acropolis of Athens, "New Acropolis" aims to place education through philosophy at the heart of the citizen's life.

New Acropolis Ireland - Dublin North

12 practical philosophy classes, starting online and continuing in our centre in Bray after enrolment (subject to government guidelines).

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.” Marcus AureliusCourse in PHILOSOPHY FOR LIVINGWe have been in confinement for several weeks now, in accordance with measures taken by the government since March 17th.More and more of you are sharing with us your need to exchange, to reflect on the post-confinement process, as well as on the meaning to give to this experience in our lives.Faced with uncertainty, illness, the death of a loved one or the economic difficulties caused by confinement, the need to derive meaning from all this is immense. And before answering ‘how’ we are going to go about resuming our lives, many rightly ask the question of ‘why?’.Questioning the meaning of things, giving meaning to our choices, to our lives, living according to what is essential for us: this is the whole reason philosophy exists.This art of living according to what is essential is our speciality at New Acropolis. More than that, it is our reason for being.This is why we have been teaching for over 60 years around the world, and this is why we continue, tirelessly, to open schools of philosophy in the 21st century, where everything is going too fast, where neither Nature nor the nature of the human being are taken into consideration or respected.For all these reasons, we have decided to open a new cycle of practical online philosophy classes, in order to live this experience of confinement and post confinement in a different way.IN PRACTICE<ul><li>12 practical philosophy classes</li><li>Classes take place every Wednesday evening, starting from July 22nd, 2020.</li><li>Course length: 3 months</li><li>Times: from 7.30 p.m. to 8.45 p.m. every Wednesday (connection via a Hangout meet video conference link)</li><li>Price: free for the first 3 classes, then €40 to enrol (special rate)</li><li>Open to all, no prior knowledge of philosophy necessary.</li></ul>The course will start online and will continue in our centre in Bray, Wicklow after enrolment (subject to government guidelines).PROGRAM OF COURSE: PHILOSOPHY FOR LIVINGETHICS: 4 CLASSES TO KNOW YOURSELF THROUGH THE CONFINEMENT EXPERIENCEClass 1: What is the Human Being?To be and to appear, through the example of life in confinement (free)Class 2: Plato and the myth of the caveBelief, learning, knowledge, through the influence of the media (free)Class 3: India and the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita (free)The inner struggle: what confinement confronts in us and how to overcome it Class 4: Buddhism: suffering and consciousnessDetachment and the middle way: learning from sufferingSOCIO-POLITICS: 4 CLASSES TO ACT WITH OTHERS IN SOCIETYClass 1: How to change society?To act with ideals in a world of confinement and transitionClass 2: Relations between Individual-StateIndividual ideal and collective ideals. To see and imagine your personal life in the midst of the uncertainty and transition of our societiesClass 3: Education and initiationEducation as a path of transformation. What have we learned from confinement? To what extent does this experience transform us?Class 4: To learn interdependence and solidarityPhilosophy as a tool to overcome the “diseases of power”PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: 4 CLASSES TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENT TRANSITIONClass 1: To get out of immediacyTo be and to become in HistoryClass 2: To re-imagine the worldTo reclaim myths and the power of imagination in order to become a conscious actor of HistoryClass 3: Cycles and evolutionWhat scenarios for a post-confinement world?Class 4: Towards a new Renaissance?What can we learn from Coronavirus in relation to collective consciousness and our individual responsibility? To build a transition module, post-confinement.WHO ARE THE INSTRUCTORS?The philosophy classes are offered by the members of New Acropolis Ireland team which has over 30 years of experience teaching philosophy in a friendly and participative environment.Our instructors are passionate and experienced philosophers who like to share their love and their living experience of philosophy.They will be delighted to present this unique and original approach to you in philosophy for living!

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