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Dialogues On Light and Luminarchy (2010)
Previously unpublished. To read this entire essay, download the PDF here:
Henryk Skolimowski
Sep 8, 20101 min read
Sustainability for the Next 500 Generations (2009)
It is a mistake to think that the scientific culture is free of myths. One of the specific myths of...
Henryk Skolimowski
Mar 12, 20091 min read
The Metaphysical Crisis (2008)
We are losing the battle for the future--especially in the Western world--because we are unable...
Henryk Skolimowski
Feb 6, 20081 min read
Eco-Philosophy in an Historical Perspective (2008)
My path to Eco-philosophy led through many indirect trails—via analytical philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of technology and philosophy of man.
Henryk Skolimowski
Feb 1, 20081 min read
The New Renaissance: Recovering from the Present Dystopia (2007)
The New Renaissance will not be a movement aiming at a messianic salvation of the world. ...
Henryk Skolimowski
Mar 1, 20071 min read
Cosmocracy: As the Next Stage in the Development of Democracy (2003)
The meaning of democracy as we understand it today does not do justice to the original concept...
Henryk Skolimowski
Feb 1, 20031 min read
Politics in a New Participatory Perspective (2002)
Every political system belongs to a certain worldview...
Henryk Skolimowski
Sep 1, 20021 min read
A Saint for All Traditions: Francis of Assisi's Challenge (2000)
Christianity has been in crisis for a number of centuries--at least since Luther. Its acute crisis...
Henryk Skolimowski
Jun 15, 20001 min read
Dialogue with Marcus Aurelius: On the Past Informing the Future (2000)
Through an imaginary dialogue with the Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, we discover...
Henryk Skolimowski
Apr 15, 20001 min read
Examining Values and the Wall of Science (1999)
Unexamined life is not worth living. Unexamined values are not worth having. As we examine...
Henryk Skolimowski
Jun 15, 19991 min read
The Art of Great Truths: A Manifesto (1999)
As we enter the 21st century, we are determined to close the century of horrors and nightmares...
Henryk Skolimowski
Apr 15, 19991 min read
The Cosmic Significance of Ecology (1999)
Ecology is not only about preserving threatened forests and cleaning polluted rivers. It is above all...
Henryk Skolimowski
Mar 15, 19991 min read
Need for a Second Gandhian Revolution (1998)
As I was brooding on the fiftieth anniversary of Gandhi's martyrdom on 30 January 1998, these...
Henryk Skolimowski
Apr 1, 19981 min read
Human Values and Capitalism (1997)
The present hosanna of capitalism is distorting our picture of reality. It is making greed the chief rationale...
Henryk Skolimowski
Oct 1, 19971 min read
Participatory Thinking: Our New Challenge (1997)
We are living in the age of explosive changes. The whole panorama of knowledge has...
Henryk Skolimowski
Jul 1, 19971 min read
The World is a Sanctuary (1997)
The time has come to abandon the metaphor which has for so long dominated our perception...
Henryk Skolimowski
Mar 1, 19971 min read
The 21st Century: The Age of Ecology? (1996)
Andre Malraux said that the 21st century will be spiritual or none at all. I have maintained in recent years...
Henryk Skolimowski
Jun 15, 19961 min read
The Meaning of Politics in a Spiritual Perspective (1996)
Political institutions are a shadow of our souls. Put otherwise, political institutions express and embody...
Henryk Skolimowski
Jan 1, 19961 min read
Ajdukiewicz, Rationality, and Language (1995)
This essay will consist partly of my personal reminiscences on Ajdukiewicz as a man and as a thinker...
Henryk Skolimowski
Jun 1, 19951 min read
In Defense of Sustainable Development (1995)
Mr. Wilfred Beckerman, of Balliol College, Oxford, has written a crisp essay attempting to undermine...
Henryk Skolimowski
May 1, 19951 min read
Below are all major publications by Henryk Skolimowski (articles and chapters), in reverse chrono- logical order. As you scroll down, new entries will appear, dating back to the 1960s. Click on the PDF title to download the full original essay or chapter.
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