AGORA BLOG

Did you ever dream of traveling to the fourth century B.C., entering the Agora and ending up bumping into a…

Since its birth in the early 1980s, the philosophical practice movement has been dominated by two main formats: First, one-on-one…

There are many different ways to open a philosophical café: pose a question, give a talk, read a philosophical quote.…

I would like to add some reflections to the string Philosophical Practice and Canonical Texts initiated by Manos Perrakis. Perrakis…

Because of a family gathering, we had to arrive late at our philosophical café several weeks ago. A philosopher friend…

How often are you asked to explain what philosophical practice is? Generally, just after I’ve introduced myself, people wonder what…

Some philosophical practitioners are against methods. This might seem strange. After all, many important philosophers had methods: Aristotle’s syllogistic method,…

The practice of letter-writing has a long history in philosophy. A key-text of the Hellenistic tradition is Epicure’s famous Letter…

Let us take a step further starting from what has been said previously and trying to define the core of…

Last evening at the philosophical café we dealt with the issue of time. I decided to change the dynamic in…

Philosophy and poetry have a common origin: the wonder at the presence of things. Philosophy distinguishes itself from poetry in…

Philosophical ideas have a tremendous power to inspire us and awaken us, but they need a space in our hearts…