What One Purchases in Reading

"Every philosophy, whether grandly proclaimed or quietly kept, is in truth a psychological framework."

The Framework in Essence

01

Agency and Sovereignty of Will

Do what you believe to be right, and let your Will be satisfied.

02

Cost as the Price of Meaning

What we suffer for, we protect. That which costs nothing shall be treated as nothing.

03

Truth as Hygiene

To lie to oneself, even once, is to poison the well forever.

04

Duty and Oath

What you give freely today may bind you tomorrow. Let it bind you gladly, or not at all.

05

Sanctifying the Self

It is right and proper for a person to take what is profane in themselves and make it holy again.

06

Respect is Taken, Never Granted Freely

The world respects only what it must. Respect is granted when right action and sound principles allow for no other outcome.

07

The Old Gods of Reason and Logic

These remain our greatest allies against chaos.

08

Defiance of Entropy

That which erodes shall find me standing against it, even if I cannot win.

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The principles explored here serve as the foundation for the forthcoming manuscript, The Clay Gospel.