Philosophy Experiential Workshop at Plato's Academy Park -Athens | 2 hours

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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Expert facilitator
  • Liability Insurance
  • Local VAT 24%
  • No Guided tour (this activity is an educational interactive workshop)

Overview

Become a Plato’s student, with this private, highly interactive, alternative philosophy workshop for beginners, featuring dialogues and debates. Led by an instructor/ facilitator, this experience will allow you to apply Plato's Philosophy in modern life, through exploration of his famous ''Allegory of the Cave''. - See the historic location which hosted the world’s 1st Academy. - Visit Plato's Digital Museum (free entrance). - Join a productive and joyful philosophical quest. - Put yourself in the shoes of an ancient Greek philosopher. - Develop your critical thought and self-awareness through Socrates' maieutic (midwife) method. Family Friendly! Suitable for adults and teenagers over 16 years old.

Meeting points

Instructor will meet you at the entrance of Plato's Academy Digital Museum, he will hold a Hellas Revival sign. We will provide his mobile number the day before the workshop (check your emails please).

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

No previous knowledge is required for this philosophy experience. Our journey will begin with a 15 min visit at Plato’s Academy Digital Museum (free entrance), preparing ourselves for "meeting’’ Plato, his work and methods. Then, we will walk about 300m through the archeological park of the Academy and take our position on the ruins of the ancient Gymnasium, the place where the youngsters used to train; same place all great philosophers preferred to gather, teaching the young people. We shall sit on the foundation stones of the ancient buildings, under shaded trees. You will have the opportunity to participate in dialogues, as we discover the deeper meanings of the Allegory of the Cave while the instructor poses questions, as being another Socrates. You will this way practice the Socrates maieutic (midwife) art, as well as the platonic dialogue techniques through exchanging opinions, beliefs, experiences, and views on modern life example cases, as the ancient Greek philosophers did. *sometimes the Plato's Digital Museum is closed due to technical or other reasons

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • As this workshop takes place at a Historical site, involving Heritage and Cultural aspects, all participants are required to respect ethic, law and respectful conduct etiquette (soberness, cleanliness, photo/video shooting, dress-code, loudness etc) and be respectful and polite during the entire session. Our facilitator has the right to terminate your participation without any refund in case your behavior is disrespectful in regards to the place or the people.
  • This workshop is an outdoor experience therefore it requires good weather. In the case it is canceled due to poor weather, you will be notified at least 3 hours ahead, and will be offered the option to choose between a different date, a similar workshop, or a full refund.
  • Suitable for people without previous knowledge, in plain English language. There will be no difficult words or terminology.
  • There is a small chance that archaeological excavation is taking place at Plato's Academy Park during our visit. In that case we will see the ancient Gymnasium ruins from a short distance and settle at a different spot in the Park.
  • Suitable for adults and teenagers over 16years old. Underaged participants CANNOT book alone, at least one adult should book too, who is also responsible to supervise them.
  • Plato's Digital Museum operational hours/days change constantly, plus sometimes it is closed without any announcement.
  • Attending this workshop in public space means you consent to photo/video shooting which may occur within the course of this service, including the future publication of this material by us or the other participants. You may withdraw your consent at any time (before or after the workshop) by contacting us in writing. We shall not be held accountable for pictures and videos of you, taken by others during our services and for the use of such photo and video materials by those third parties.

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Every thing in moderation!

Published on Jun, 2024

A lot of the time you hear about philosophy, and you feel that you can name the top guys, but never really know how you should think, what drove them and why they did what they did and what they said! This is a wonderful tour and introduction to philosophy. It was an immersive learning experience delivered by philosopher who clearly has a passion for the subject – loved it! From the minute we met him, he was very informative, knowledgeable and genuinely wanted to teach us about the Greek philosophers and their place in history. You could see all of us going through the event and experiencing our own eureka moment including my son. I fully recommend taking this gentle stroll through the park and listening to this amazing teacher and philosopher. After this also taking a walk through the gardens where ancient philosophers might have walked and possibly eaten pomegranates before class! .

The philosophy tour was a great experience!

Published on Jun, 2024

When you’re planning a trip to Greece, you are obviously looking at the acropolis and the Parthenon. After you’ve done that, it’s really cool to take a philosophy tour and understand the backbone of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. We took this tour and it was phenomenal. It takes three hours and it was so interactive and so educational and our instructor was unbelievable. He was so ,so good. I would highly recommend this tour!

Unique and fun learning experiences at the places where it all began

Published on Mar, 2024

I recently lead a party of 3 teachers and 30 students aged 16-18 from the UK to Athens and we took part in two experiential workshops run by Hellas Revival (Plato and Democracy). The sessions were lively and fun, very interesting to the students and highly participatory. The level was pitched just right for our group's age and existing knowledge. Our students certainly learned a lot, really took part in the engaging activities, and we have had great feedback from them. Fluent English was spoken by the facilitators who ran the sessions really well, as a teacher I know how challenging it can sometimes be to engage young people but they made it look easy. To have a philosophical debate at the site of Plato's Academy, or take part in a simulation of Athenian democracy in the place where it took place in the ancient world, is so special. The surroundings were beautiful and steeped in history. We will certainly aim to include Hellas Revival workshops in future trips by our institution to Athens. Thanks Olga, Eva and Alex!

Try this!

Published on Aug, 2023

This is an unusual, engaging and fund cultural experience of connecting to ancient Athens through its philosophy and politics. We spent two hours with Alex, a philosophy grad student who also studies Ancient Greek and Latin languages, learning something about Plato and Socrates and the life of Athens. This is not a guided tour or a lecture. The idea is to get you doing some philosophical thinking while learning about Plato, his teacher Socrates and the Athenian world they lived in. The Plato digital museum is a very small but excellently designed free museum which you visit as part of the experience. All of this is very much off the beaten tourist track which adds another dimension to the experience - the ruins of the academy are in a small public park and have not been fully excavated. There were only a couple of Greek visitors there who said they had come to feel the atmosphere of Plato’s school. If you have visited the acropolis as we did this offers a brilliant additional experience that offers something more intimate and participatory. Highly recommended for adults and kids equally.

Like being a real student in the Academy

Published on Jul, 2023

One of the best experiences. Like being real students of the Academy! We even had a friendly cat join who we named Pythagoras. Would highly recommend

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