The Emptiness and Transience of Life
The Emptiness and Transience of Life In despair, seeing all his plots unravelling, his machinations brought to nothing, Shakespeare's...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 17, 202237 min read
Locating the Origins of the Modern Malaise
Locating the Origins of the Modern Malaise The fate of our times is characterised by rationalisation and intellectualisation and, above...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 16, 202217 min read
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, 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
Jan 1, 202110 min read
Existential Self and Society
I feel the need to make a little comment on a new book which argues that the critiques of Marx and Kierkegaard are complementary rather...
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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, 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 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
Jun 28, 202033 min read
A Society of Idiots
The Society of Idiots Thoughts on a Licentious Society That’s quite a title, I must admit. Is that what people call ‘click bait?’ I think...
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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
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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