THE ARISTOTELIAN EVENTS 2025
SYMPOSIUM Following Aristotle
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS: the timelessness of the philosopher Aristotle as a reflection in Balkan societies
15.5.25 | 17:30 – 22:00 Ierissos, Mount Athos Resort
16.5.25 | 10:30 – 14:00 Ancient Stageira
17.5.25 | 16:00 – 22:00 Arnaia, SYMPOSIUM on Aristotelian honey
A picture of airy nature. Blue all around – everywhere. Influential and full.
A dialogue between Balkan countries in the blue scenery of Mount Athos Resort | Ierissos. The Aegean Sea, the Akanthios Gulf, Mount Athos and the Aristotelian Mount. It’s the local history. Spring. The smell is intoxicating – sea, bushes, kritama, wild flowers – all together.
The Symposium. Balkan politicians, local government officials, travel agents, press representatives and local businessmen discuss. Their topic is “the timelessness of the philosopher Aristotle as a reflection on Balkan societies”. Eastern Balkans – Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania – start exchanges attitudes towards Aristotle. Greece is a focal point of the Mediterranean Sea.
The 2nd Following Aristotle Symposium is organized by the Forum for Inter-Balkan Cooperation, which strengthens the “Balkan dialogues” in the Municipality of Aristotle, aspiring to discover the Balkan root and to organize activities to promote Balkan history.
The next day the Symposium is organized in the Ancient Stagira. Mysticism. Blue and Green among important archaeological finds. The birthplace of Aristotle. The place where he first thought.
The dialogue continues. The Western Balkans analyze their own relationship with Aristotle’s middle ground.
And then the wine. The Symposium.
Third and last day in Arnea. A dialogue – presentation of the local Aristotelian honey. A tradition of Arnea’s and other producers, lost in the centuries. The beekeepers’ stands are set up in the green Grove of Agia Paraskevi. Presentations, Awards, Discussions, Honey Dishes, Music, Revivals of Ancient Greek Customs – a real symposium, a true celebration of the local honey tradition. Slovenian beekeepers have been invited. A fusion of cultures. A spring communication feast.
FOLLOWING ARISTOTLE 2025
A dialogue on the Balkan Peninsula by ARISTOTLE and the Forum for Inter-Balkan Cooperation of the Municipality of Aristotle.
The concept of justice
In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle focuses on justice and everything related to it. It is no coincidence that the distinction of powers in political systems has its basis in this work. Law is distinguished into distributive, corrective and reciprocity law. Aristotle also refers to “on natural and positive (or legal) law”, where the latter is a product of human initiative and is expressed through laws, while the former is unwritten and self-evident. According to Aristotle, in the battle between justice and injustice, a central virtue is leniency, which should guide us in dealing with any contradictions or gaps in positive law.
