Paideia Australia - GROWING KNOWLEDGE.

 

Paideia Australia Education is a continuous process — one that is vital for maintaining active minds and building vibrant communities. Paideia Australia is a company dedicated to promoting education and the exchange of ideas. We achieve this objective within the Geelong community through initiatives such as monthly Philosophy Cafés at The Barking Dog Hotel, Socratic Dialogues (conducted in schools and hotels), Fun & Philosophy weekends and philosophical reading groups. If you would like to find out more about any of Paideia Australia’s activities and events you can email us at mail@paideiaaustralia.org.au or keep an eye on our event web pages (see the right-hand column of this website). The team at Paideia Australia Ltd. Click here and register to receive Paideia event notices via email Tickets for the next Cinema Paideia series now available. Begins 18 May 2011. Click here for more details ... The most successful initiative over the last two years has been Philosophy Café held monthly at The Barking Dog Hotel. Sessions attract around 60-70 people of all ages from many walks of life and start with a philosophical talk by a prominent guest speaker followed by questions and discussion. The interest generated by these initiatives has prompted the Company to expand its range of services to cater for a growing demand not yet serviced in the Geelong region Further information Following the success of this year’s compassion themed Fun and Philosophy weekend, Paideia Australia will host a reading group based on Karen Armstrong’s book Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. Karen Armstrong argues that while compassion exists in all human beings, each of us needs to work diligently to cultivate and expand our capacity for compassion. In Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life she offers concrete ways of putting compassion into action in our everyday lives. As part of an international effort to activate the Golden Rule globally, we will join in the efforts of reading groups around the world to foster a greater understanding of compassion and promote the cultivation and practice of compassion in individual and community life by engaging with the ideas in Armstrong’s work. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life reading groups are affiliated with the Charter for Compassion, a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Prize project in collaboration with The Fetzer Institute. The Paideia chapter of this reading group will meet each fortnight for ten meetings at the Wesley Centre for Life Enrichment, Yarra St, Geelong. Each meeting will be structured around Armstrong’s book, with additional material provided. Meeting dates for the reading group are as follows. Tuesday 3 May 2011 Tuesday 17 May Tuesday 31 May Tuesday 14 June Tuesday 28 June Tuesday 12 July Tuesday 26 July Tuesday 9 August Tuesday 23 August Tuesday 6 September The cost to participate in this reading group is $75 for ten weeks. The price includes a copy of Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life and additional materials. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be provided.