Moral philosophers

Choreographer Iro Vasalou and the Snap Dance Company breathe life and movement into Plato's "Symposium," focusing on the ancient Greek philosopher's study of "love as a god, a physical state, a spiritual quest and a social condition." The performance will be on stage at Understage B of the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr), from March 10 to 12.

The French Institute in Timisoara is extending an invitation to "Philosophy Night," an international event that has been successful in Paris, London, Berlin and New York and that will arrive in Romania on June 25 in the city that will be a European Capital of Culture 2023.

The reasons for this could be found in the new era after the war, the new values and aspirations by which the events and stories of only a few years old seemed like ancient history. When it comes to Bove, the reason is different. After the war, in his novels, he insisted on the attitude of the French during the Vichy regime.

The Greece-China Year of Culture and Tourism 2021 will be inaugurated this May, officials said in a written statement on Wednesday.

Culture and Sports Minister Lina Mendoni held a meeting this week with Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zhang Qiyue to discuss the program of events that will run from May 2021 until May 2022, according to an e-mailed press release from the ministry.

A 10-year-old boy in Turkey has become a trending topic on Twitter after a man posted a video of him talking about philosophy, mentioning Platon, Aristotle, andJean-Jacques Rousseau.

There is just one problem with this narrative: it is deeply misleading. And, for political reasons, that confusion matters.

As the philosopher Martha Nussbaum reminds us in her fascinating new book The Cosmopolitan Tradition, asked where he came from, Diogenes the Cynic answered with a single word: kosmopolités, meaning "a citizen of the world."

Emory University Professor Cynthia Patterson will deliver a lecture on "Socrates and the Health of Athens" at the American School of Classical Studies (ASCSA) on Thursday, November 14, starting at 7 p.m.

"Is what is old new again?" A timeless question heralded the advent of the sixth annual Athens Democracy Forum, convened by The New York Times and aiming to dissect democracy's biggest challenges in its very birthplace.