World Philosophy Day 2022

Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered an academic discipline. It is also a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour.

That's why each year UNESCO highlights the enduring value of the subject for the development of human thought, for each culture and for each individual. The day is to raise public awareness about philosophy and how it plays a crucial role in understanding our past, present, and future.

The day was first celebrated in 2002 and in 2005 UNESCO deemed it necessary to institutionalise the celebration of philosophical reflection around the world.

In 2007, UNESCO published a 726-page multilingual program and meeting document on the Records of the General Conference, 33rd session Paris, 2005. It was to commemorate World Philosophy Day and emphasized its importance among young people and as a discipline.

Theme of the year

A theme is added to World Philosophy Day each year so that the focus remains on a particular topic of importance. The theme for the 2022 World Philosophy Day is The Human of the Future. This year, UNESCO along with Le Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts has organized a symposium and exhibition.

The event will has been developed around the themes of natural sciences (the non-human), post-colonialism, technology issues, gender, waste, fictional inventions, and anthropology.

Quotes to share

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. Frank Zappa

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. May Sarton

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! Friedrich Nietzsche

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Bertrand Russell

Even while they teach, men learn Seneca the Younger

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance Socrates

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him Voltaire

This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities Bertrand Russell

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers William James

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit Aristotle

Only one man ever understood me, and he didnt understand me G. W. F. Hegel

The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone John Locke

Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward Sren Kierkegaard

Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know Bertrand Russell

Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's? Friedrich Nietzsche

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong Bertrand Russell

Religion is the sign of the oppressed ... it is the opium of the people Karl Marx

Happiness is the highest good Aristotle

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil Baruch Spinoza

Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest Denis Diderot

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things Ren

Descartes

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative Aristotle

I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature Spinoza

Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it Karl Marx

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