- Premieres on 8 May on COSMOTE HISTORY HD and – simultaneously – on COSMOTE HISTORY @YouTube
- Antonia Kapeleri and distinguished guests discuss key philosophical issues and timeless concepts such as democracy, harmony and knowledge
The new talk show ‘
Philosophy in practice’ – a COSMOTE TV production premiering in May on COSMOTE HISTORY HD – presents the role and value of philosophy in modern society and the guidance philosophy can give us on daily problems and concerns.
On the new show, Antonia Kapeleri, author and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Athens School of Philosophy, welcomes to COSMOTE TV’s studios internationally renowned professors of Philosophy, authors and scientists in various fields, from Greece and abroad, to discuss philosophical issues and timeless concepts such as chaos and harmony, critical thinking, knowledge, democracy, friendship and eros, beauty, and how all these issues bear on our lives in the modern world.
The new 8-episodes series will premiere at 22.00 on Friday, 8 May, simultaneously on COSMOTE HISTORY HD and
COSMOTE HISTORY @YouTube, to which the Greek public has free access until the 31st of May.
The first episode – ‘Chaos and Harmony’ – focuses on philosophy’s beginnings in antiquity and human curiosity as a motor force for interpreting the world. The topic will be discussed by Thanasis Dritsas, Cardiologist, Deputy Director of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, composer and author; Giannis Stamatellos, Professor of Philosophy, American College of Greece; and Peter Pesic, Director of the Science Institute at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The guests will explain humanity’s journey from myth to logos and from the chaos of ignorance to the harmony of knowledge, discussing the crucial questions people had about the world. Once broadcasted (every Friday at 22.00, on COSMOTE HISTORY HD & COSMOTE HISTORY@YouTube), all episodes will be available for free on-demand viewing via COSMOTE TV PLUS.
The new show ‘Philosophy in practice’ belongs to the new program with original shows and documentary of COSMOTE HISTORY HD, which is the only Greek documentary channel for Greece.