Athina Trip Overview
Join a joyful and productive philosophical journey towards self-excellence, through exploration of the Aristotelian Ethics; the longest lived and most widely accepted theory of the western world. Walk on the footsteps of Aristotle’s students, in his School, in the center of Athens. Led by an expert, this is a philosophy workshop for beginners, a “manual” on how to be virtuous in your daily life, applying the Golden Mean rule, while interacting with other people successfully.
• Visit the historic school of Lyceum, Aristotle’s own Academy.
• Learn about the father of science, the great philosopher, Plato’s successor and Alexander the Great’s teacher.
• Learn through a combination of methods including “question & answering”, “reading cards”, “Socrates’ maieutic art (midwife art)”, “Platonic dialogues” “brainstorming”, “case studies”.
Suitable for people over 16years old.
Cost:
2pax: 50eur/pax
3-4pax: 40eur/pax
5-6pax: 35eur/pax
Private group up to 5pax: 40eur/pax (min120eur)
Additional Info
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Starts: Athina, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athina, Greece, Greece
Join a joyful and productive philosophical journey towards self-excellence, through exploration of the Aristotelian Ethics; the longest lived and most widely accepted theory of the western world. Walk on the footsteps of Aristotle’s students, in his School, in the center of Athens. Led by an expert, this is a philosophy workshop for beginners, a “manual” on how to be virtuous in your daily life, applying the Golden Mean rule, while interacting with other people successfully.
• Visit the historic school of Lyceum, Aristotle’s own Academy.
• Learn about the father of science, the great philosopher, Plato’s successor and Alexander the Great’s teacher.
• Learn through a combination of methods including “question & answering”, “reading cards”, “Socrates’ maieutic art (midwife art)”, “Platonic dialogues” “brainstorming”, “case studies”.
Suitable for people over 16years old.
Cost:
2pax: 50eur/pax
3-4pax: 40eur/pax
5-6pax: 35eur/pax
Private group up to 5pax: 40eur/pax (min120eur)
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Parko Rizari, Athens 106 76 Greece
We will meet at the exit of Evangelismos metro station and settle at the adjusted Rizari Park, under shaded trees. In order to introduce ourselves with the great teacher, we will go through the historical background, through story-telling and photos, focusing on the chain Socrates teacher of Plato teacher of Aristotle. At this point you will also have the opportunity to read some of Aristotle’s phrases aloud, in ancient Greek, using our special reading cards!
Then it’s time to explore the Aristotelian Ethics theory, as it is described in his book “Nicomachean Ethics”, starting with the key element: Virtues!
Afterwards, we will leave the Park and move towards the nearby archaeological site of Lyceum, Aristotle’s School. During our 10minute walk we will talk about Aristotle’s work, and about Lyceum’s creation and operation.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Aristotle’s Lyceum, Athens Greece
After entering Lyceum, we will philosophize while walking around the building remains, same as the Aristotle’s students used to do; this was the reason why they took the name “Peripatitiki philosophers” (Peripatos=walk). We will discover the actual application of the Golden Mean on specific cases, through a card-game. Our walk will lead us to the small Amphitheater with direct view of the excavations. There, our facilitator will help us understand the vices of the virtues, and then examine them through examples taken from our daily life.
We will close our workshop discussing how the Aristotelian theory can help us achieve Eudaimonia, the ultimate human goal.
In the end there will be time for photos.
Duration: 50 minutes
