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World Philosophy Day

 Marcus Aurelius

24th of September, Wednesday, 18:00
Talk and Documentary Show

Philosopher, emperor and the author of ‘The Meditations’. His candor and honesty, his wisdom and benevolent character, his respect for the Senate and his sense of justice have been some of the reasons for his great reputation. The teachings of Aurelius and the Stoic School will be discussed together with recitations from 'The Meditations'.

Pythagoras

29th of October, Wednesday, 18:00
Talk and Sayings, Lecturer David Hall

Pythagoras (570BC-500BC) was the first to describe himself as a Philosopher, a ‘lover of wisdom’. Gautama Buddha (563BC-483BC) in India and Lao-tzu (604BC-531BC) in China were teaching at much the same time. Pythagoras was born on the Island of Samos in the Aegean Sea and left at the age of 18 to search for wisdom in Phoenicia, Babylon and Egypt. He was gone for 38 years but when he returned to Greece at the age of 56, he found it unreceptive to his teachings and went to Croton in southern Italy where he began his School. His name means –‘the mouth of Apollo’, the Apollo who proclaimed that he wanted the music of the lyre and the arched bow to be his so that he could tell humankind the volition of Zeus. One of the sayings attributed to Pythagoras is – “Evolution is the law of life, Unity is the law of God, Number is the law of the Universe.”

The Night of Kahlil Gibran

26th of November, Wednesday, 18:00
Talk and Readings from ‘The Prophet’
Gibran(1883-1931), Poet, Philosopher, Story Teller. He wrote ‘The Prophet’, ‘The Madman’, ’The Earth Gods’ and much more. In ‘The Prophet’ he writes about the pain of leaving the place of our happiness and of sorrows. Our sorrows have just as vital a place in our lives. ‘The Prophet’ also tells of love, marriage, children, possessions, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothing, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion and death. At the end he asks – was it the poet who wrote or was he also the listener? 

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  • 22 Feb 2008 Fears and the courage to face them

  • 25 Jan 2008 Easter Island Audiovisual Show

  • 23 Nov 2007: The Night of Poetry: Tagore

  • 26 Oct 2007: Philosophy: Love of Wisdom

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  • 18 May 2007: Philosophy: Music of Soul

  • 4 May 2007: Golden Ratio Audiovisual Show

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  • 7 Feb 2007: Mesopotamian Creation Myths

  • 24 Jan 2007: Egyptian Creation Myths

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  • 26 Oct 2006: Philosophy makes a difference

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  • 19 Jan 2006: Indian Mythology

  • 20 Oct 2005: The Routine of Habits

  • 22 Sep 2005: The World of Dreams

  • 18 Aug 2005: Paralysing Fear

  • 21 Jul 2005: The Light of Asia: Buddha

  • 23 Jun 2005: Socrates

  • 19 May 2005: Lao Tzu and Taoism

  • 26 Apr 2005: What is Freedom?

  • 22 Mar 2005: What is Man?

  • 15 Feb 2005: Live According to Nature

 

Reference (old lectures scribbles)
Why cultural activities ?
A living culture has great transforming power. It provides us with the knowledge and means necessary to make appropriate decisions. We have a legacy of over 10,000 years of human history. Surely we can benefit from all that experience by adapting it and giving it new life?

True culture gives rise to a flowering of genuine inner values, such as order, justice, truth, equality, honour and freedom and these, in turn have the effect of bringing individuals together. Man first reached a true human condition when he became able to perceive the reality of things beyond their mere appearances and began to imagine, compare and create symbols.

Culture has a major role to play – social, moral, philosophical and spiritual- helping to solve the nowadays identity crisis faced by the individual. Culture can also help the younger generation to build the 21rst century in a conscious and effective way.

Moreover, culture helps to bring people together through the practice of tolerance and solidarity.

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