New Acropolis

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New Acropolis (NA), (official name - Organisation Internationale Nouvelle Acropole (OINA), New Acropolis International) is a worldwide non-profit organisation founded in 1957 by Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi (died 1991) [1] first as a school of philosophy and later on as an international organization devoted to philosophical studies and practice.

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[edit] Founding Charter

Its founding charter aims :

  1. To promote universal fraternity among people of all creeds, races and backgrounds. [2]
  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.

[edit] Criticism

The French Commission on Cults (1995) as well as a Belgian parliamentary commission, have, in 1997, registered it as a cult in their respective countries, in an annexed blacklist to their report, along with 171 other associations. On May 27 2005, this 1995 annex was officially cancelled and invalidated [3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ New Acropolis UK - About Us
  2. ^ New Acropolis UK - Founding Charter
  3. ^ La fin des listes noires (The end of blacklists), Le Point 23 June 2005 (French)


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[edit] Studies

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