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A First Introduction
A short introduction to the Continuance, outlining the ideas, their limits and how to question them before deciding where to go next.
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Public starting points
You do not need to buy anything or work through the site in a prescribed order. These are the clearest public routes into the Continuance.
Reference
Questions
Questions about consciousness, death, evidence, authority, money, children, disagreement, other traditions and what happens if you are unconvinced.
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Safeguards
Safeguarding and accountability
Read the boundaries around consent, children, reporting, money, complaints and responsibilities when people gather around shared ideas.
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Ideas
The core worldview, including what the Continuance claims, what it leaves uncertain and how private experience is treated.
Read the Ideas →The Common Books
Meet the thirty-four Common Books, the nine-volume publishing arrangement and the different literary forms within it.
Explore the Common Books →Practice
Optional practices for attention, remembrance, care, repair, quiet reflection and shared life.
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Understand the people and the life around the ideas.
About
See what the Continuance is, why Martin Rothery developed it, and how readers can question and contribute.
About the Continuance →Community
See how belonging, disagreement, boundaries and freedom to leave are meant to work.
Explore Community →Martin Rothery
Meet the founder and author, and read about the philosophy’s origins.
About Martin Rothery →Still not sure where to begin?
Start with the short introduction, then follow whichever question actually matters to you. There is no required sequence.