Philosophical Companionships online in Portuguese 1º Grupo de Companheirismo Filosófico em Português on line Introdução: 4 Sessões November 19, 2015 Facilitadora: Maria João Neves Ph.D (Co-Directora com Ran Lahav do programa de Companheirismo Filosófico da AGORA) Horário: 4 Sessões de 90 minutos, Quintas- feiras das 20h às 21.30h. Início19 N...
Philosophical Practice – Quo Vadis? by Ran Lahav (Based on a lecture given in the 2014 ICPP, Belgrade) Philosophical practice is a movement, born in the 1980s, of philosophers who believe that philosophy can be made relevant to the life of the person in the street. They believe that philosophy can help make life fuller and more meaningful, a...
ALL USERS Lydia Amir Jose Barrientos Carlo Basili Heidi Bennent Martina Bernasconi Jorge Dias Dries Boele Oscar Brenifier Inge Duytschaever Laura Capogna I am a philosophical practitioner living and working in Rome. I am a member of Phronesis, the Italian Association for ph...
VIDEO: Mike Roth and Christine Mok-Wendt Philosophizing together Christine Mok-Wendt (doctoral candidate) and Mike Roth (University lecturer) study, investigate, and teach at the University of Konstanz / Euregio Bodensee. Together they run the philosophical practice association "SinnPraxis" ("Meaning Practice"), are active ...
VIDEO: Pia Houni Group Discussions as an Open Space [spvideo]https://youtu.be/4YsBelrg6l8[/spvideo] Pia Houni is a philosophical practitioner in Finland. She is interested in spiritual exercises, and in combining art and philosophy. She is also teaches philosophical practice courses, and has recently started writing a philosophical colu...
THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. HUMAN NATURE2. ON BEING AND THE ONE3. PHILOSOPHY FOR ITS OWN SAKE GIOVANNI PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494) was an Italian philosopher of the Renaissance and an influential voice of Humanism. He was born to the Lord of Mirandola, which was an autonomous region at that time. He had an exceptional memory, ...
Plato (about 428-348 BC) On Love Plato (about 428-348 BC) was one of the main philosophers of Western thought. He grew up in Athens, and was a student of Socrates. He founded the Greek academy, which continued to operate until the 6th century AD (when the Roman emperor closed it). Among his students was Aristotle. Later in his life, Plato attempted...
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THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. THE FALL OF THE SOUL 2. PEAK EXPERIENCE 3. CONTEMPLATION 4. BEAUTY Plotinus (204-270 AD) was a major Neo-Platonist philosopher who lived in late antiquity, mostly in Rome. He was a central figure of Neoplatonism – a school of philosophy based on the thoughts of the philosopher Plato, who had lived centur...
JOHN POWYS Inner Solitude John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) was a British thinker, lecturer, novelist, literary critic, and poet. He was born to a family with several poets and writers, and studied at the University of Cambridge. In his mid-twenties he moved to the United States, and became known as an exceptionally charismatic speaker. He c...