Integration

Soil and roots

The layer of fundamentals.

Metaphysics:

Essentials of Metaphysics

Philosophical psychology:

Human Consciousness and Free Will

Epistemology:

Ethics:

Stem and branches

The layer connecting theory to practice.

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Specific branches

Key specifics from the last section.

Acceptance of reality:

Accept facts before evaluating/explaning
One’s feelings about the facts are also facts
Wholeheartedly accept the past and the potential
Accept your causal efficacy and/or inefficacy

Elaboration »

Dealing with emotions:

Emotions are not means of cognition
Emotions are a key means to concretise value
Emotions derive from internalised premises
Internalised contextual clarity is vital
Invalid emotions are based on poor context
Emotion is not subjectable to willpower
Premises are subjectable to focus and change

Elaboration »

Essentialising focus:

Principle of essentials-first
Principle of knowledge-orientation
Principle of unaccountability
Principle of purposefulness

Elaboration »

Key points to remember

Objectivity is the root of virtue
Evasion is the root of vice
Volition is always operative in virtue
Virtue and vice are not fixed states
Life is the source of value and purpose
Life is the only end in itself
By its nature, life is ongoing and continuous
Value-seeking is continuous (see: 1, 2)
Pursuit of happiness: the sole moral obligation
Serenity is the basis of happiness

Art to invigorate the spirit