Passing on the Virtues
The Triumph of the Virtues (also known as Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) by Andrea Mantegna, 1502. Passing on the...
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Peter Critchley
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Rootless Fruitless
I’d like to quote from and briefly comment on this recent article by Paul Kingsnorth, The West has lost its roots The less moored our...
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Peter Critchley
Aug 7, 202233 min read
An Essay on Rational Freedom
An Essay on Rational Freedom A brief introduction to the conception of 'rational freedom' which is the organizing principle of my work....
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Peter Critchley
Aug 7, 202228 min read
Ethics - A Guide to My Ethical Writings
Ethics Outlines to my ethical writings by way of a guide. Titles, links, abstracts, and tables of contents. The Ecology of Good (2020)...
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Peter Critchley
Aug 6, 202249 min read
An Integral Ecology - Ecological Writings
An Integral Ecology - Ecological Writings I will begin with a message sent to me by process philosopher Arran Gare: Dear Peter Critchley,...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 30, 202121 min read
The Motivational Economy
The Motivational Economy [Written October 2020] This post has been incited by comments made by a number of people involved in bridging...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 7, 202113 min read
Conspirituality: a Modern Distemper
‘Conspirituality’ refers to the over-lap between New Age / wellness culture and conspiracy culture. I would like to comment on issues...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 20, 20209 min read
Naturism, Romanticism, and Technocracy
Classless, amoral, and non-political. Such is the self-image of would-be planetary managers, a technocracy that works hand-in-hand with...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 18, 202025 min read
How the Sophist Politics of the Contemporary ‘Left’ Liberates the Rich and Powerful
How the Sophist Politics of the Contemporary ‘Left’ Liberates the Rich and Powerful I shall begin by commenting on the recent article How...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 17, 20209 min read
The Critique of Enlightened Self-Interest
The Critique of Enlightened Self-Interest I am reading theorists working in the field of the commons advancing 'enlightened...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 17, 202010 min read
Socialism or Barbarism - Liberal Centrism Cannot Hold
"The Left must advance an alternative modernity." And an alternative morality, I would insist. I wish to write a few words on Erik...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 15, 202022 min read
The Ecology of Hope
The End of Civilisation or the End of the Capital System Affirming a Democratic Ecology against the Ecology of Fear The overwhelming...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 10, 202014 min read
Seeing the Light
Seeing the Light “I wish, that I could really tell you, All the things that happened to me And all that I have seen, A world full of...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 10, 202050 min read
Dante's Sweet Symphony of Paradise
"Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car" by William Blake I have been working on this book since February 2017. It started life as an...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 10, 202050 min read
Dante's Journey - book outlines
DANTE’S JOURNEY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISE “Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 9, 202091 min read
A Positive and Lasting Peace in the Presence of Justice
A Positive and Lasting Peace in the Presence of Justice This extended essay was written in response to the recent words and deeds of the...
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Peter Critchley
Sep 28, 201917 min read
Restoring the Moral Compass
Restoring the Moral Compass Social and Moral Restoration and The Need for an Authoritative Moral Framework “The test of the morality of a...
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Peter Critchley
Sep 4, 201951 min read
Socialism and Liberalism
Socialism and Liberalism Let me start by declaring myself an ‘enemy’ of ‘the Open Society.’ If you are smart enough, you will understand...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 13, 201919 min read
Tolkien and the Ethics of Enchantment
Tolkien and the Ethics of Enchantment “The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 12, 20195 min read
The Quest for Community, Meaning, and Belonging
These are the outlines to a work I have written. It is currently in first draft form and needs to be edited and polished. Morality and...
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