Being Good the Stoic Way
Of things some are in our power, and others are not’ - Epictetus What then, can we change? How can we be happy? These were some of the concepts explored [...]
Lessons from ‘Bushido – The Soul of Japan’
On Saturday 6th March 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online event 'Let's Live: Reviving the Spirit of the Samurai’. It was the third of four book reading sessions in [...]
Learning to Concentrate
On 20 February 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online event "Let's Live: Learning to Concentrate". This was the second of four book reading sessions in the series called [...]
Becoming a Warrior of Peace
'Can we bring peace outside, if there is violence inside?' Many such questions were explored over the online interactive book reading session which was first in the series of 4 [...]
Musings on Destiny
On Sunday 2nd February 2020, Shraddha Shetty, Branch Manager of New Acropolis (Pune Branch) presented a talk titled ‘Can I Be the Master of my Destiny?’ in the relaxed atmosphere of the [...]
Relieving Anxiety through Philosophical Clarity
On Saturday 18th January 2020, New Acropolis (Pune Branch) hosted a talk titled ‘From Anxiety to Clarity’. Through philosophy and humorous anecdotes, the speaker offered ideas to help deal with the [...]
From Marcus Aurelius to our daily lives
On Saturday 4th January 2020, New Acropolis (Pune Branch) hosted a talk titled 'Stoic lessons from Marcus Aurelius - Philosophy for Daily Life'. Delivered by Yaron Barzilay, National Director of [...]
Imbibing Insights from The Little Prince
On Saturday 21st December 2019, New Acropolis (Pune Branch) hosted a talk titled ‘Take a Voyage with The Little Prince.’ Authored by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , this book offers nuggets [...]
Celebrating World Philosophy Day with Tagore’s Timeless Wisdom
New Acropolis (Pune Branch) marked World Philosophy Day on 23rd November 2019 with a talk titled 'Tagore, the Poet Philosopher’. Through excerpts from Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry, the speaker explored the [...]