The second Nuit de la philosophie was held on March 25 and 26, 2006. The major multidisciplinary event brought together over 3,500 participants from all four corners of Québec. Founded by five students at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), the popularization project enables adepts as well as the uninitiated to take part in free philosophy activities outside the usual university setting. For 24 hours, the public thus had the opportunity to rediscover philosophy thanks to a hundred or so highly varied activities: lectures, theatre, public readings, a concert of socially-committed music, permanent exhibitions, interactive games and more. A videoconference system even gave participants the chance to interact with philosophers from numerous countries such as France, Romania, Haiti, Cameroon and Senegal. To successfully carry out this large-scale project, the organizing committee, assisted by some fifty volunteers, put in over 3,000 hours of work in 8 months. And their exemplary motivation has succeeded in giving philosophy all its former glory of bygone days when it took centre stage in the public arena.