I. Master Outline (Map of the System)
The map of the system: starting from "What is a human being? And how can we fulfill humanity?", more than thirty books are unified into one tree of thought. The master outline answers "why these books are one tree" — where the root is, where the trunk is, where the branches are, and where the leaves are.
II. Origin: Mother-Thought
The mother-thought: the original seed of all theories. With "what is a human being" as the master question, it establishes the fourfold structure of consciousness and the eight factors of human nature — thinking is reflection, consciousness is reaction, good and evil are not fixed in human nature, and the essence of value is energy. From this, everything else follows.
III. Grand Theories (Foundations)
The foundational layer: five grand theories form the trunk of the whole system — On Thinking (what thinking is), On the Evolution of Consciousness (what consciousness is), On Human Nature (the underlying logic of good, evil, energy and civilization), On Systemic Logic (a new logic of judgment and value), and The Civilization of the Public Good (from releasing private good to institutionalizing public good).
IV. Domain Theories (Branch Fields)
The "branch theories" differentiated from the grand theories, covering each concrete domain.
Cognition and Class
Desire and Value
Judgment and Cognition
Good, Evil and Morality
Law and Governance
Education and Growth
Suffering, Life and Death
Happiness and Relationships
Divergence and Unity
Civilization and Nations
Religion and Faith
Dialogue of Thought
V. AI and the Future (Frontier)
The frontier layer: extending the whole "human science" into the age of AI — what AI is, whether AI has consciousness, how embodied AGI is built, whether AI's cognitive primitive is right, and why human beings are irreplaceable when AI arrives.
VI. Applications and Entry Points
Applications and entry points: the gate to the ground for general readers — turning grand theory into operable method: how an individual creates value, how personality is decoded, how destiny is rewritten, how the inner drain is stopped, and how free will is trained.
VII. The System at a Glance
VIII. Suggested Reading Routes
Route for General Readers
- Civilization Cannot Burn Itself
- Happiness Is Not Pleasure
- Stop the Inner Drain
- Rethinking Good and Evil
- On Dissolving Suffering
- The Cognitive Divide and Class Stratification
- The Pinnacle Concept
Route for Psychology and Self-Growth
- Civilization Cannot Burn Itself
- The Thought Controller
- Stop the Inner Drain
- I, Can Choose
- Elemental Personality Theory
- Happiness Is Not Pleasure
- On Dissolving Suffering
- What If Living, What If Dying?
Route for Philosophy and Theory
- Civilization Cannot Burn Itself
- The Pinnacle Concept
- On Thinking
- On the Evolution of Consciousness
- On Human Nature
- On Systemic Logic
- The Way of Judgment
- The Essence of Morality
- The Civilization of the Public Good
- Faith in Yourself
Route for Civilization, Institutions and AI
- Civilization Cannot Burn Itself
- The Civilization of the Public Good
- The Civilization of Value
- Eleven Dimensions of Governance
- No Institution Is Optimal
- The Logic of Law
- How America Can Revive
- The Tipping Point of Civilization
- Toward Symbiosis
- The Cognitive Divide and Class Stratification
- Human-Machine Symbiosis in the Age of AI
- Does AI Have Consciousness?
- The Awakening Path of Embodied AGI
- Imagery Is Thinking
- AI and Humanity: Interdependence and Antagonism
Civilization Cannot Burn Itself is the master outline and map of the whole system; The Pinnacle Concept is the origin; the grand theories are the skeleton; the special-subject books are the branches; AI and the Future is the frontier; and Applications and Entry Points is the gate for general readers. Together all the books answer one supreme question: understand humanity, and fulfill humanity.