New Acropolis UK is a registered educational charity and part of an international network of affiliated organisations in more than 50 countries, working in the fields of Philosophy, Culture and Volunteering.
Our purpose is to provide a holistic philosophical education which can help human beings to understand and develop themselves and encourage people to work together in order to meet the challenges of our times.
We understand philosophy in its classical sense as philo-sophia – love of wisdom. Wisdom is practical and active rather than purely intellectual. It is knowing how to act, knowing what is 'good' and knowing which ends are worth striving for.
Philosophy
Comparative study and a way of life aligned with our highest values
Culture
To bring out the best in all human beings
Volunteering
To act because it is right and not becasuse it is profitable
Philosophies of East & West
18-week Foundation Course
This 18-week foundation course will introduce you to the major concepts of Eastern and Western Philosophy, exploring their relevance and practical application for daily living.
Upcoming Courses & Events
Short Course
Sat 9, Sat 16, Sat 23, Sat 30 of November - 4 PM
Talk
Thurs 21 of November - 7 PM
World Philosophy Day 2024 - How Can We Achieve More Unity Depsite Our Diversity?
Featured Articles
Modern Mythology
Despite their universal existence in all civilizations and all times of history, myths have often been scoffed at and regarded as old wives’ tales. August Comte, the founder of positivism and sociology, relegated myths to the most early and primitive level of intellectual evolution and Lucien L?vy-Bruhl, a French philosopher, associated myth with pre-logical mentality common to the most primitive stages of mankind. This implies that in our day and age, we should have long grown out of this “primitive mentality” and should reject anything that is beyond sense experience and the clear light of reason. So how is it possible, then, that myths still capture our imagination, that elves and... READ MORE
Beethoven: Artist and Hero
As we seek to understand how Beethoven explored the theme of the hero in his READ MORE
Eclecticism, searching for truth beyond fanaticism
“Eclecticism” is the name given to the philosophical READ MORE
The Inner Gold of the Alchemists
Alchemy seems to be an almost universal science. Not only do we find it in READ MORE
Why can't we communicate our feelings and thoughts?
One of the many paradoxes in life is that in our age of READ MORE
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