Philomatic society

The Society is republican, non-secret, and fully open to knowledge, fiercely independent; it promotes authenticity, tolerance and freedom."

Many great scientists belonged to the Société: Lavoisier, Laplace, Lacroix, Cuvier, Gay-Lussac, Ampère, Cauchy, Fresnel, Pasteur, Becquerel, De Broglie.

Since 1944, the Société has had several Nobel Prizes awarded to scientists among its members, and has, today: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jean-Marie Lehn, Michel Mayor, and Gérard Mourou, as well as two Fields Medals: Cédric Villani and Hugo Duminil-Copin.

[4] The Philomathic Society of Pará was a Brazilian scientific association, founded on October 6, 1866, in Belém, by the naturalist Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, dedicated to studying the Natural History of the Amazon.

One of the oldest scientific and philosophical institutions in the world, it has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilisation.

It promotes research, art and social commitment: their goal is the valorization and the diffusion of culture in every form, through a full collaboration of all members, through their skills and knowledge by using the meritocratic method.

Every member, such as manager, artist, freelancer, student, researcher or professor, is engaged in the achievement of the association's projects, depending on personal commitment and technical skills.

The perception of founders was from its origins that a debate between people of different backgrounds and professional proficiency but with the same level of responsibility, could contribute more effectively to improve the ordinary knowledge of issues by studying and discussing to spot new solutions.

The first Philomates Society's meeting was in Rome at the beginning of 2006 and it was established a working plan for the next seven years (indeed this is the length of the presidential term of office).