Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | 3:30 PM
with Matteo Saudino @Barbasophia and Angelica Taglia, author of Seven Short Lessons of Socrates (Einaudi),
Barbara Bertagni and Fernando Salvetti, e-REAL Logosnet
On the occasion of the Festival of the Classics, Logosnet presents Socrates, a conversational avatar designed to bring classical philosophical thought to life and make it dialogical.
Not a spectacular representation, but an experience of encounter: the Socrates avatar is conceived to engage the public through the very method that made him a foundational figure of Western philosophy — maieutics. Through questions, counter-questions, and moments of suspension, the avatar guides visitors into an active engagement with the major themes of philosophical inquiry: knowledge, responsibility, choice, truth, and doubt.
The experience stems from Logosnet’s research and design work on AI-driven conversational avatars applied to cultural dissemination and experiential learning. The Festival of the Classics thus becomes a privileged space to experiment with new forms of access to knowledge, where technology does not simplify content, but makes it habitable.
Ethics, politics, justice, wealth, freedom: what would Socrates say today, in the age of algorithms and social networks? A living philosophy experiment, where students, teachers, and the digital avatar of the Athenian philosopher engage in dialogue about the present.
The Socrates avatar does not provide definitive answers. Like the Athenian philosopher himself, it invites participants to think, to question their certainties, and to dwell in inquiry. A contemporary way to rediscover the value of philosophical dialogue and to bring classical thought closer to the public through a language that is current, rigorous, and engaging.
With this project, Logosnet continues to explore the potential of avatars as cultural mediators, capable of connecting tradition and innovation, past and present, knowledge and experience.