New Acropolis
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New Acropolis, (official name - Asociación Cultural Nueva Acrópolis. is a worldwide non-profit organisation founded in 1957 by Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi
Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi
Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi was an Argentinian poet, novelist, philosopher, essayist, educator and lecturer of Italian heritage best known for having founded and directed New Acropolis, an international philosophical educational and cultural organisation...

(died 1991)
first as a school of philosophy and later on as an international organization devoted to philosophical studies and practice.

Founding Charter

Its founding charter aims :
  1. To promote universal fraternity among people of all creeds, races and backgrounds.
  2. To promote a holistic vision of the world through the comparative study of philosophies, sciences, religions and arts.
  3. To enable human beings to develop their potential and live in harmony with Nature by understanding its laws.


Aside from regular philosophy courses, lectures, and workshops the organization also involved in social and philanthropic activities such as food collection campaigns, art workshops, cleaning of monuments and parks, as well as disaster rescues.

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