THE ACADEMY · OCTOBER 8, 2026
The Twelve Lectures of Vitalogy
A complete original twelve-lecture teaching sequence, with each lesson presented in its historical order. These introductions are newly written signposts; the linked lecture texts are the actual preserved originals, not rewritten summaries presented as the original.
Each lecture was published October 8, 2026, on the original Lifeology site. The course builds its argument in a deliberate order. Readers may disagree; the invitation is to read carefully and decide for themselves.
1. Why Vitalogy?
Begin with the ordinary questions of living: how should we act, what matters, and how can a philosophy help?
Read original Lecture 1 · October 8, 2026
2. Existence — Why We Begin With “I Am”
Existence as the undeniable starting point for inquiry.
Read original Lecture 2 · October 8, 2026
3. Reality Is Made of Patterns
Patterns in the world, from leaves and faces to complex systems.
Read original Lecture 3 · October 8, 2026
4. What Do We Mean by Information?
How structure can preserve and convey patterns.
Read original Lecture 4 · October 8, 2026
5. Order and Chaos Need Each Other
Why too much rigidity or disorder can both defeat flourishing.
Read original Lecture 5 · October 8, 2026
6. Coherence — The Central Idea
How parts can fit well enough for a whole to function.
Read original Lecture 6 · October 8, 2026
7. Life and Consciousness
An exploration of living systems and subjective experience.
Read original Lecture 7 · October 8, 2026
8. Where Meaning Comes From
What changes when events can matter to someone.
Read original Lecture 8 · October 8, 2026
9. Truth, Beauty, Love, and Wisdom
The values proposed by Vitalogy and how they relate.
Read original Lecture 9 · October 8, 2026
10. Can We Derive Ethics Without Commandments?
Moral reasoning that begins with consequences for lives rather than merely commands.
Read original Lecture 10 · October 8, 2026
11. What Are Human Beings For?
The dangers of reducing human lives to a prescribed function.
Read original Lecture 11 · October 8, 2026
12. Living Vitalogy
An idea must survive an ordinary Tuesday: choices, difficulties, mistakes and care.
Read original Lecture 12 · October 8, 2026
Keep learning
The Academy also preserves the May 2025 introductory book, the illustrated Codex Vitae, and selected discussions in the Vitalogue.
Archival status: this is a fully organized reading index, with links to the original lecture texts on lifeology.ca. The complete lecture bodies have not yet been independently republished as WordPress articles. The distinction is deliberate and prevents an abridged synopsis from being mistaken for the historical source.
