The Four-Volume Development of the Theory of Sovereignty of Thought（Idea → Conviction → Assertion → Sovereignty:
The Four-Volume Unfolding of the Sovereignty of Thought）全書規模總覽（Overall Structure Overview）Volume Overview 四卷四百章完整目錄（Complete Table of Contents）Volume I Idea: The First Light of ThoughtCh. 1 What Is an Idea? From Everyday Language to Philosophical Concept
Ch. 2 The Birth of an Idea: How Does a Thought Emerge from Nothing?
Ch. 3 Idea as the Lightest Exercise of Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 4 The Creativity of Idea: The Primordial Impulse from Within Outward
Ch. 5 Idea and Intuition: The Flash of Thought Not Yet Captured by Language
Ch. 6 Idea and Inspiration: The Sudden Manifestation of Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 7 The Transience of Idea: Why Do Good Ideas Always Vanish So Quickly?
Ch. 8 Recording Ideas: Preserving Thought Sovereignty from Mind to Paper
Ch. 9 “Making Up One’s Mind”: The Critical Moment When Idea Solidifies
Ch. 10 “Offering an Idea”: The Social Exercise of Idea as Gift
Ch. 11 “Devising an Idea”: The Expansive Nature of Idea Directed at Others or External Objects
Ch. 12 “Having No Idea”: The State of Temporary Speechlessness in Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 13 The Psychology of Idea: How Does the Brain Produce Ideas?
Ch. 14 The Neuroscience of Creativity: The Material Basis of Ideas in the Brain
Ch. 15 The Default Mode Network: Where Ideas Are Quietly Born in “Mind-Wandering”
Ch. 16 Sleep and Idea: How the Subconscious Offers Ideas for Us
Ch. 17 The Dual Role of Stress on Ideas: Catalyst or Killer?
Ch. 18 How Fear Blocks the Generation of Ideas
Ch. 19 How Freedom Activates the Emergence of Ideas
Ch. 20 Environmental Influence on Ideas: How Space Shapes Thought
Ch. 21 Solitude and Idea: Thought Sovereignty When Alone
Ch. 22 Dialogue and Idea: Sparks from the Collision of Two Thought Sovereignties
Ch. 23 How Reading Nourishes the Growth of Ideas
Ch. 24 How Travel Stimulates the Birth of Ideas
Ch. 25 How Suffering Forces Out Humanity’s Most Profound Ideas
Ch. 26 Ideas in Childhood: The Purity of Thought Before Discipline
Ch. 27 How Education Both Cultivates and Kills Ideas
Ch. 28 The Long-Term Impact of School Systems on Idea-Generating Ability
Ch. 29 Standard-Answer Culture: The Systematic Murder of Ideas
Ch. 30 How Examination Systems Train Obedience Rather Than Idea Generation
Ch. 31 Idea Theft: The First Infringement of Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 32 Plagiarism and Appropriation: Legal and Moral Dilemmas of Idea Ownership
Ch. 33 Idea Attribution in the Workplace: Whose Idea Is It?
Ch. 34 How Corporations Systematically Appropriate Employees’ Ideas
Ch. 35 Invention Patents: Institutional Protection of Idea Sovereignty
Ch. 36 The Philosophical Foundation of Copyright in Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 37 Great Ideas Stolen in History: Tesla and Edison
Ch. 38 How Women’s Ideas Have Been Systematically Ignored in History
Ch. 39 How Ideas of the Disadvantaged Are Swallowed by the Powerful
Ch. 40 How Ideas from Colonies Were Appropriated by Metropolises
Ch. 41 Cultural Differences in Ideas: How East and West Treat Ideas Differently
Ch. 42 The Tradition of Idea Suppression in Chinese Culture
Ch. 43 How Confucian Teacher Authority Restricts Students from Generating Ideas
Ch. 44 Tension Between Japan’s Collectivism and Individual Ideas
Ch. 45 How Western Individualism Liberates Idea Generation
Ch. 46 The Relationship Between Ideas and Religious Authority in Islamic Culture
Ch. 47 World-Changing Ideas in History: The Use of Fire
Ch. 48 World-Changing Ideas in History: The Invention of Writing
Ch. 49 World-Changing Ideas in History: The Birth of Printing
Ch. 50 World-Changing Ideas in History: The Proposal of Heliocentrism
Ch. 51 World-Changing Ideas in History: The Conception of Evolution
Ch. 52 World-Changing Ideas in History: The Design of the Internet
Ch. 53 How One Idea Sparked a Revolution: Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses
Ch. 54 How One Idea Ended an Empire: Rousseau’s “Popular Sovereignty”
Ch. 55 How One Idea Saved Millions: Fleming’s Discovery of Penicillin
Ch. 56 How One Idea Destroyed a Civilization: Hitler’s Racism
Ch. 57 The Power of Bad Ideas: How Is Evil Thought Sovereignty Exercised?
Ch. 58 The Morality of Ideas: Not All Ideas Deserve to Be Realized
Ch. 59 Responsibility for Ideas: Must One Answer for the Ideas One Offers?
Ch. 60 Collective Ideas: How Groups Generate a Shared Thought
Ch. 61 The Philosophy of Brainstorming: Why Criticism Must Be Temporarily Suspended
Ch. 62 Democratic Deliberation: Institutional Design to Let Everyone’s Ideas Be Heard
Ch. 63 Market Mechanisms: The Social System Where Ideas Are Verified Through Competition
Ch. 64 The Death of Ideas: Why Good Ideas Often Perish in Bureaucratic Systems
Ch. 65 “This Idea Won’t Work”: How the Power to Negate Ideas Is Abused
Ch. 66 Institutional Violence in Superiors Vetoing Subordinates’ Ideas
Ch. 67 The Fate of Ideas Under Authoritarian Regimes: Permitted vs. Prohibited Ideas
Ch. 68 Idea Control in the Soviet Union: How Scientists Generated Ideas Under Ideology
Ch. 69 Ideas During the Cultural Revolution: “Revolution” as the Only Permitted Idea
Ch. 70 The Space for Ideas in Contemporary China: Which Ideas Can Be Publicly Expressed?
Ch. 71 Idea Production in the Digital Age: How Algorithms Shape What We Can Think
Ch. 72 Social Media “Filter Bubbles”: Ideas Imprisoned by Algorithms
Ch. 73 Artificial Intelligence and Ideas: When Machines Begin to Generate Ideas
Ch. 74 In the AI Era: Is Human Thought Sovereignty Being Replaced?
Ch. 75 The Commodification of Ideas: When Ideas Become Buyable and Sellable
Ch. 76 Advertising’s Colonization of Ideas: Making You Believe It Was Your Own Thought
Ch. 77 How Consumerism Replaces True Idea Generation with Commodities
Ch. 78 How the Entertainment Industry Causes People to Abandon Idea-Generating Ability
Ch. 79 Smartphone Addiction and the Atrophy of Ideas: Consequences of Attention Fragmentation
Ch. 80 Silence and Ideas: Why Modern People Find It Increasingly Hard to Have Real Ideas
Ch. 81 Religion and Ideas: Is Faith a Source or a Restriction of Ideas?
Ch. 82 Prayer as a Way of Generating Ideas: Seeking Ideas from God
Ch. 83 Meditation and Ideas: The Wisdom of Generating Ideas Through Stillness in Eastern Traditions
Ch. 84 The Artist’s Idea: The Essence of Creative Impulse as Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 85 The Scientist’s Idea: Hypothesis Generation and the Exercise of Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 86 The Entrepreneur’s Idea: The Thought Sovereignty Foundation of Business Innovation
Ch. 87 The Politician’s Idea: The Thought Sovereignty Dimension of Policy Conception
Ch. 88 Ordinary People’s Ideas: Overlooked Exercises of Thought Sovereignty in Daily Life
Ch. 89 Children’s Ideas: The Purest Expression of Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 90 Elderly People’s Ideas: The Depth of Thought Sovereignty After Accumulated Experience
Ch. 91 The Relationship Between Idea and Dream: How Ideas Become Seeds of Life Direction
Ch. 92 Cultivating Ideas: How to Systematically Improve the Ability to Generate Ideas
Ch. 93 Protecting Ideas: How to Safeguard Nascent Thoughts Under Pressure
Ch. 94 Sharing Ideas: When to Speak and When to Keep Them
Ch. 95 Thought Sovereignty After Idea Failure: Failure Does Not Equal the Death of the Idea Itself
Ch. 96 The Accumulation of Ideas: The Process from Countless Small Ideas to Major Breakthroughs
Ch. 97 The Transition from Idea to Conviction: How One Idea Grows into a Stable Conviction
Ch. 98 Core Discovery of This Volume: Idea Is the First Light of Thought Sovereignty
Ch. 99 The Philosophical Status of Idea: Why Ideas Deserve Serious Treatment
Ch. 100 Epilogue: Every Idea Is the First Call of Thought Sovereignty to the World
Volume II Conviction: The Backbone of Thought
Volume II Conviction: The Backbone of Thought
Ch. 101 What Is Conviction? From Everyday Language to Philosophical DefinitionCh. 102 The Fundamental Difference Between Conviction and Idea: Fleeting Flash vs. Stable StanceCh. 103 The Formation Process of Conviction: From Scattered Ideas to Consistent PositionCh. 104 Conviction as the Key Stage in Stabilizing and Individualizing Thought SovereigntyCh. 105 What Does a Person “With Conviction” Look Like?Ch. 106 What Does a Person “Without Conviction” Look Like?Ch. 107 Conviction and Personality: Why People with Conviction Often Possess Strong Personal StyleCh. 108 The Psychological Foundation of Conviction: Self-Identity and Thought StabilityCh. 109 Conviction and Self-Esteem: Why Conviction Is an Important Indicator of Healthy PsychologyCh. 110 Developmental Psychology of Conviction: How Conviction Forms Across Life StagesCh. 111 The Awakening of Conviction in Adolescence: The First Eruption of Self-ConsciousnessCh. 112 Consolidation of Conviction in Adulthood: How Experience Deepens One’s StanceCh. 113 Conviction in Old Age: Stubbornness or Wisdom?Ch. 114 The Fundamental Opposition Between Conviction and ConformityCh. 115 How Social Pressure Systematically Eliminates ConvictionCh. 116 Groupthink: How Collective Conviction Replaces Individual ConvictionCh. 117 Asch’s Conformity Experiments: The Vulnerability of Conviction Under Social PressureCh. 118 Milgram’s Obedience Experiment: The Psychological Mechanism by Which Authority Overpowers ConvictionCh. 119 “Everyone Says So”: How Public Opinion Kills ConvictionCh. 120 The Temptation of “Going with the Flow”: The Psychological Reward of Abandoning ConvictionCh. 121 The Cost of Conviction: People with Conviction Often Pay Higher Social CostsCh. 122 Socrates’ Death: The Historical Prototype of Conviction Ultimately Costing One’s LifeCh. 123 Galileo’s Conviction: “And Yet It Moves”Ch. 124 Copernicus’ Conviction: A Stance Published Only on His DeathbedCh. 125 Darwin’s Conviction: Waiting Twenty Years to Publish the Theory of EvolutionCh. 126 Rousseau’s Conviction: A Thought That Stood Against an Entire EraCh. 127 Gandhi’s Conviction: Nonviolent Resistance as an Unshakable StanceCh. 128 Mandela’s Conviction: A Stance Unchanged by Twenty-Seven Years of ImprisonmentCh. 129 Martyrs of Conviction in Chinese History: Qu Yuan, Yue Fei, Hai RuiCh. 130 Conviction During the Cultural Revolution: The Cost of Retaining Even a Trace of Inner StanceCh. 131 Conviction at Tiananmen Square: One Man Standing Before the TanksCh. 132 The Gender Dimension of Conviction: How Women’s Convictions Have Been Systematically Suppressed in HistoryCh. 133 The Class Dimension of Conviction: How the Convictions of the Poor Are Drowned Out by the Voices of the RichCh. 134 The Racial Dimension of Conviction: How Minority Convictions Are Marginalized by Mainstream CultureCh. 135 The Age Dimension of Conviction: How Young People’s Convictions Are Denied by EldersCh. 136 The Regional Dimension of Conviction: How Local Convictions Are Suppressed by Central VoicesCh. 137 Conviction in the Family: How Parents Shape or Destroy Children’s ConvictionCh. 138 The “Obedience” Culture: Systematic Suppression of Conviction in East Asian EducationCh. 139 Religion’s Dual Role Toward Conviction: Cultivation or Substitution?Ch. 140 Party Culture’s Demand on Conviction: Obedience to Discipline vs. Retention of ConscienceCh. 141 Conviction in the Military: Tension Between Command Obedience and Moral JudgmentCh. 142 Conviction in the Workplace: The Cost of Thought Sovereignty Under “The Boss Is Always Right”Ch. 143 Conviction in Academia: How Peer Review Both Protects and Suppresses ConvictionCh. 144 Conviction in the Media: Analysis of Press Freedom and Editorial Stance in Terms of Thought SovereigntyCh. 145 The Dilemma of Conviction in the Social Media Era: How Like Culture Turns Conviction into PerformanceCh. 146 “Cancel Culture”: Digital-Era Purge of ConvictionCh. 147 Political Correctness as a New Form of Suppression of ConvictionCh. 148 The Masquerade of Conviction: When People Learn to Say One Thing and Do AnotherCh. 149 The Psychological Harm of “Speaking Against One’s Heart”: Long-Term Consequences of Forced Suppression of ConvictionCh. 150 Cognitive Dissonance: The Psychological Pain When Conviction and Behavior Are InconsistentCh. 151 The Resilience of Conviction: Why Some People’s Convictions Become Stronger Under PressureCh. 152 Updating Conviction: How People with Conviction Change Positions Without Losing ThemselvesCh. 153 The Boundary Between Conviction and Prejudice: How Stubborn Conviction Becomes a Prison of ThoughtCh. 154 The Openness of Conviction: True Conviction Matures Only by Accepting ChallengesCh. 155 Conviction and Humility: The Most Convicted People Are Often the Most Willing to ListenCh. 156 Cultural Evaluations of Conviction: Western Admiration vs. Eastern CautionCh. 157 Conviction in Islamic Tradition: Tension Between Personal Judgment and Religious LawCh. 158 Conviction in Buddhism: How the Doctrine of No-Self Affects the Formation of Personal StanceCh. 159 Conviction in Confucian Tradition: Intellectual Resources of “Following the Way, Not the Ruler”Ch. 160 Conviction in the Christian Tradition: The Theological Foundation of Freedom of ConscienceCh. 161 The Relationship Between Conviction and Conscience: Conviction as the Cognitive Form of ConscienceCh. 162 The Protestant Reformation: How Luther’s Conviction Changed Western CivilizationCh. 163 Puritan Conviction: Immigration to the New World for Freedom of ConscienceCh. 164 The Enlightenment: The Collective Liberation of Conviction and the Rise of ReasonCh. 165 The American Declaration of Independence: How a Group of People with Conviction Redefined PoliticsCh. 166 The French Revolution: The Social Explosion of Conviction and Its Uncontrolled CostCh. 167 The Abolitionist Movement: How a Minority’s Conviction Changed the History of the MajorityCh. 168 The Women’s Suffrage Movement: The Long Struggle of Conviction Against Millennia of PrejudiceCh. 169 The Civil Rights Movement: How Martin Luther King Jr.’s Conviction Mobilized a NationCh. 170 Conviction in the Digital Era: How Online Anonymity Both Liberates and Distorts ConvictionCh. 171 The Conviction Crisis in the Artificial Intelligence Era: When Machines Understand Our Stances Better Than We DoCh. 172 Big Data’s Prediction and Manipulation of Conviction: A Thought Sovereignty Reading of the Cambridge Analytica ScandalCh. 173 Cultivating Conviction: How to Safeguard One’s Stance Under PressureCh. 174 The Thought Sovereignty Foundation of Critical Thinking: Conviction Requires Methodological SupportCh. 175 Positive Correlation Between Breadth of Reading and Depth of ConvictionCh. 176 The Art of Expressing Conviction: How to Effectively Make Others Hear Your StanceCh. 177 The Wise Silence of Conviction: When Retaining Conviction Is More Important Than Expressing ItCh. 178 Conviction and Friendship: How Differences in Conviction Affect RelationshipsCh. 179 Conviction and Love: Why True Love Requires Both Parties to Have ConvictionCh. 180 Conviction and Parent-Child Relationships: How Parents Should Respect the Budding Thought Sovereignty of ChildrenCh. 181 Conviction and Political Participation: Why Citizens Must Have Their Own Political StanceCh. 182 The Status of Conviction in Democratic Society: Plural Convictions as the Foundation of a Healthy PolityCh. 183 The Fate of Conviction in Authoritarian Society: Unified Conviction as a Necessary Condition for TotalitarianismCh. 184 North Korea: The Extreme Experiment of Completely Eliminating ConvictionCh. 185 The Space for Conviction in Contemporary China: Which Stances Can Be Publicly Held?Ch. 186 The Undergroundization of Conviction: How Conviction Survives in Secret Forms Under SuppressionCh. 187 Transmitting Conviction: How to Pass One’s Conviction to the Next GenerationCh. 188 The Legacy of Conviction: How Great Convictions Continue to Influence the World a Century LaterCh. 189 The Transition from Conviction to Assertion: How a Stable Stance Moves Toward Public ExpressionCh. 190 Core Discovery of This Volume: Conviction Is the Backbone of Thought SovereigntyCh. 191 A Society Without Conviction: How the Uniformity of Collective Thought Leads to Civilizational FragilityCh. 192 A Society With Conviction: How Thought Pluralism Becomes the Source of Civilizational ResilienceCh. 193 The Ultimate Meaning of Conviction: Guarding One’s Stance in Solitude Is the Core of Human DignityCh. 194 Conviction and God: Every Person’s Conviction Is a Specific Manifestation of God’s Thought SovereigntyCh. 195 The Irreplaceability of Conviction: Why No External Force Can Truly Replace Your StanceCh. 196 The Courage of Conviction: What Spiritual Strength Is Needed to Speak One’s True Stance?Ch. 197 The Compassion of Conviction: How to Respect Others’ Convictions While Insisting on One’s OwnCh. 198 Limitations of This Volume’s Research and Unfinished AspectsCh. 199 Future Research Directions: Ten Open Questions in Conviction StudiesCh. 200 Epilogue: A Person with Conviction Is the Most Beautiful Witness of Thought Sovereignty in the Human World
Volume III Assertion: The Campaign of Thought
Ch. 201 What Is Assertion? From Private Stance to Public DeclarationCh. 202 The Fundamental Difference Between Assertion and Conviction: Internal Holding vs. External ProjectionCh. 203 The Declarative Nature of Assertion: Why Must Assertion Be Spoken?Ch. 204 Assertion as the First Step of Thought Sovereignty Toward the WorldCh. 205 The Courage of Assertion: What Is Needed to Move from Having It in the Heart to Speaking It Out?Ch. 206 Forms of Assertion: Language, Action, Art, and Silence Can All Be AssertionsCh. 207 The Power of Assertion: How One Person’s Assertion Influences Others’ Ideas and ConvictionsCh. 208 The Responsibility of Assertion: Speaking an Assertion Means Bearing ConsequencesCh. 209 The Timing of Assertion: When Is the Best Moment to Express It?Ch. 210 The Target of Assertion: To Whom One Speaks Determines Its FateCh. 211 The Linguistics of Assertion: How to Translate Conviction into Persuasive AssertionCh. 212 The Thought Sovereignty Foundation of Rhetoric: Persuasion Is Not ManipulationCh. 213 Aristotle’s Rhetoric: The Three Dimensions of Assertion — Logos, Pathos, and EthosCh. 214 Assertion and Argument: Assertion Needs Reasons to Travel FarCh. 215 The Conciseness of Assertion: The Most Powerful Assertions Are Often the ShortestCh. 216 The Repetitiveness of Assertion: Why Great Assertions Must Be RepeatedCh. 217 The Propagation of Assertion: How an Assertion Moves from One Person to MillionsCh. 218 Assertion in the Oral Era: How Ancient Orators Mobilized Masses with AssertionCh. 219 Assertion in the Printing Era: How Books Broke Geographical Boundaries for AssertionsCh. 220 Assertion in the Broadcast and Television Era: How Media Amplify and Distort AssertionsCh. 221 Assertion in the Internet Era: Everyone Can Send Assertions to the GlobeCh. 222 Assertion in the Social Media Era: Opportunities and Traps of Viral SpreadCh. 223 The Authenticity Crisis of Assertion: When Assertion Becomes Performance Rather Than Sincere ExpressionCh. 224 “Traffic Assertions”: Assertions Made for Likes Rather Than TruthCh. 225 The Collision of Assertions: Public Confrontation Between Different Thought SovereigntiesCh. 226 The Philosophy of Debate in Thought Sovereignty: Why Debate Is Essential to Civilized SocietyCh. 227 How Conflicts of Assertion Drive Thought Progress: Hegel’s DialecticCh. 228 Assertion and Counter-Assertion: The Sacredness of DissentCh. 229 The Fate of Dissenters: Historical Figures Who Proposed Counter-AssertionsCh. 230 The Suppression of Assertion: When Power Tries to Silence PeopleCh. 231 The Thought Sovereignty Foundation of Freedom of Speech: Why Suppressing Assertions Is Fundamentally WrongCh. 232 The Limits of Freedom of Speech: Which Assertions Should Not Be Allowed Public Expression?Ch. 233 Hate Speech and Assertion: Where Is the Boundary of Thought Sovereignty?Ch. 234 The Thought Sovereignty Dilemma of Defamation Law: Protecting Individuals vs. Restricting AssertionsCh. 235 State Secrets and Assertion: The Thought Sovereignty Status of WhistleblowersCh. 236 Edward Snowden’s Assertion: How One Person’s Assertion Shook the GlobeCh. 237 Julian Assange’s Assertion: The Thought Sovereignty Significance of WikiLeaksCh. 238 The Fate of Assertion Under Totalitarian Regimes: The Cost of Saying the Wrong WordCh. 239 Solzhenitsyn’s Assertion: The Weight of Thought Sovereignty in The Gulag ArchipelagoCh. 240 Liu Xiaobo’s Assertion: The Cost of Charter 08 for Chinese Thought SovereigntyCh. 241 The Artistic Nature of Assertion: When Language Is Insufficient, Art Takes OverCh. 242 Music as Assertion: The Political Implications of Beethoven’s Ninth SymphonyCh. 243 Painting as Assertion: Picasso’s Guernica as a Declaration of Thought SovereigntyCh. 244 Literature as Assertion: How 1984 Became an Eternal Indictment of TotalitarianismCh. 245 Film as Assertion: The Power of Visual Language in Thought SovereigntyCh. 246 Architecture as Assertion: How Spatial Design Expresses Political StanceCh. 247 Silence as Assertion: Sometimes Not Speaking Is the Strongest AssertionCh. 248 The Body as Assertion: The Thought Sovereignty Implications of Protest, Hunger Strike, and Self-ImmolationCh. 249 The Tank Man at Tiananmen Square: A Bodily Posture Becoming the World’s Most Powerful AssertionCh. 250 Gandhi’s Nonviolent Resistance: The Model of Bodily Action as Moral AssertionCh. 251 The Organization of Assertion: When Individual Assertions Converge into MovementsCh. 252 Thought Sovereignty Analysis of Social Movements: Organizational Mechanisms from Assertion to ActionCh. 253 The Protestant Reformation: How Luther’s Assertion Ignited EuropeCh. 254 The American Independence Movement: How Common Sense Turned Personal Assertion into National AssertionCh. 255 The French Revolution: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity as History’s Most Explosive AssertionCh. 256 The Abolitionist Movement: How a Moral Assertion Changed Global Economic StructuresCh. 257 The Women’s Liberation Movement: The Century-Long Journey of Gender Equality AssertionCh. 258 The Labor Movement: How Workers’ Assertions Reshaped Modern SocietyCh. 259 The Environmental Movement: The Thought Sovereignty Root of Earth’s AssertionCh. 260 The LGBTQ Movement: The Thought Sovereignty Implications of Gender Identity AssertionsCh. 261 The Black Civil Rights Movement: “I Have a Dream” as History’s Most Moving AssertionCh. 262 The Anti-War Movement: How Assertions Rejecting War Challenged State SovereigntyCh. 263 Occupy Wall Street: Assertions Against the Financial System and Lessons from Its FailureCh. 264 The Arab Spring: The Power and Limits of Assertion in the Social Media EraCh. 265 The Hong Kong Protest Movement: The Fate of Assertion Under High PressureCh. 266 The Failure of Assertions: Why Many Great Assertions Fail to Change RealityCh. 267 The Timeliness of Assertion: How Ahead-of-Its-Time Assertions Are Buried in the Wrong EraCh. 268 Alliances of Assertions: How Isolated Assertions Find AlliesCh. 269 The Elitization and Popularization of Assertions: How Intellectual Assertions Reach Ordinary PeopleCh. 270 The Media Dependence of Assertions: An Assertion Without Channels of Dissemination Is No AssertionCh. 271 The Dialogic Nature of Assertion: True Assertion Must Be Ready to Be ChallengedCh. 272 The Revision of Assertion: Assertions That Evolve in Debate Are HealthyCh. 273 The Persistence of Assertion: When Should One Resist Pressure and Not Change?Ch. 274 The Abandonment of Assertion: When Admitting One’s Assertion Was Wrong Is Greater CourageCh. 275 The Eternal Tension Between Assertion and Power: Speaking Truth to the PowerfulCh. 276 The Prophet’s Assertion: Those in Religious Tradition Who Speak Truth to RulersCh. 277 The Assertion of Court Intellectuals: When Assertion Serves PowerCh. 278 The Assertion of Independent Intellectuals: Edward Said’s “On Intellectuals”Ch. 279 The Commercialization of Assertion: How the Marketplace of Ideas Decides Which Assertions Are HeardCh. 280 Mainstream Media’s Screening of Assertions: How Editorial Desks Decide What Is Worth SayingCh. 281 The Globalization of Assertion: How a Local Assertion Resonates GloballyCh. 282 The Localization of Assertion: How Universal Assertions Find Footholds in Different CulturesCh. 283 The Global Status of Chinese Assertions: The Thought Sovereignty Dimension of Soft PowerCh. 284 The Global Dominance of American Assertions: A Thought Sovereignty Analysis of Cultural HegemonyCh. 285 Assertions from the Developing World: How Voices of the Global South Break Northern DominanceCh. 286 The Crisis of Assertion in the Artificial Intelligence Era: Do Machine-Generated Assertions Possess Thought Sovereignty?Ch. 287 Fake News and Fake Assertions: The Thought Sovereignty Crisis in the Post-Truth EraCh. 288 The Verification of Assertions: How to Judge Whether an Assertion Is Worth BelievingCh. 289 Assertion and Science: Scientific Method as the Strictest Mechanism for Verifying AssertionsCh. 290 Assertion and Faith: The Special Nature and Irreducibility of Religious AssertionsCh. 291 Assertion and Emotion: Why Emotionally Charged Assertions Are Often More Powerful Than Rational OnesCh. 292 The Ethical Bottom Line of Assertion: Some Assertions, Even If True, Should Not Be SpokenCh. 293 Balancing the Courage and Humility of Assertion: How to Be Both Firm and OpenCh. 294 The Transition from Assertion to Sovereignty: When Assertion Rises to an Inalienable Fundamental StanceCh. 295 The Accumulation of Assertions: How Countless Individual Assertions Converge into Civilization’s Value ConsensusCh. 296 Core Discovery of This Volume: Assertion Is the Campaign of Thought Sovereignty into the WorldCh. 297 A Society Without Assertion: How the Silent Majority Enables DictatorshipCh. 298 A Society Full of Assertions: How the Public Marketplace of Thought Safeguards Civilizational HealthCh. 299 The Ultimate Meaning of Assertion: Every Expression of a True Stance Is a Defense of Human DignityCh. 300 Epilogue: Assertion Is the Battle Cry of Thought Sovereignty Sent Forth into the World
Volume IV Sovereignty: The Supreme Throne of Thought
Ch. 301 What Is Thought Sovereignty? From Popular Concept to the Highest Philosophical SummitCh. 302 The Common Source of Idea, Conviction, and Assertion: Thought SovereigntyCh. 303 The Absoluteness of Sovereignty: Why Thought Sovereignty Is Inalienable?Ch. 304 The Primordiality of Sovereignty: Thought Exists Prior to All External FormsCh. 305 The Creativity of Sovereignty: How Thought Creates Nations, Societies, and CivilizationsCh. 306 The Sacredness of Sovereignty: The Philosophical Implications of God as the Ultimate ThinkerCh. 307 “And God Said, ‘Let There Be Light,’ and There Was Light”: The Oldest Declaration of Thought SovereigntyCh. 308 The Fundamental Difference Between Thought Sovereignty and Traditional SovereigntyCh. 309 Bodin’s Theory of State Sovereignty: The First Object of Critique in the Theory of Thought SovereigntyCh. 310 Hobbes’ Leviathan: The Social Contract Cannot Touch Thought SovereigntyCh. 311 Locke’s Popular Sovereignty: Close, But Still Not Reaching Thought SovereigntyCh. 312 Rousseau’s General Will: The Temptation and Danger of Collective Thought SovereigntyCh. 313 From State Sovereignty to Thought Sovereignty: The Fundamental Internalization of the Concept of SovereigntyCh. 314 Descartes’ “Cogito, Ergo Sum”: The Foundation and Limitations of Modern Thought SubjectivityCh. 315 Xie Xuanjun’s “You Answer, Therefore I Am”: A Fundamental Reversal of DescartesCh. 316 Kant’s Autonomous Morality: The Western Philosophy Closest to Thought SovereigntyCh. 317 Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: The Dialectical Journey of Thought SovereigntyCh. 318 Nietzsche’s Will to Power: The Dark Side of Thought SovereigntyCh. 319 Heidegger’s Dasein: The Encounter Between Existentialism and Thought SovereigntyCh. 320 Sartre’s “Existence Precedes Essence”: The Existentialist Version of Thought SovereigntyCh. 321 Foucault’s Knowledge/Power: How Thought Sovereignty Is Colonized by DiscourseCh. 322 Derrida’s Deconstruction: The Infinite Deferral of Thought SovereigntyCh. 323 Arendt’s “The Life of the Mind”: Thought Sovereignty as a Weapon Against the Banality of EvilCh. 324 Thought Sovereignty and Chinese Philosophy: Echoes in the Mind-Heart TraditionCh. 325 Wang Yangming’s “Extending Innate Knowledge”: The Highest Chinese Expression of Thought SovereigntyCh. 326 Zhuangzi’s “Fasting of the Mind”: The Daoist Form of Thought SovereigntyCh. 327 Zen’s “Seeing One’s True Nature”: The Buddhist Tradition of Awakening Thought SovereigntyCh. 328 Confucian “Following the Way, Not the Ruler”: Thought Sovereignty’s Challenge to Political SovereigntyCh. 329 Thought Sovereignty in Islam: Tension Between the Oneness of God and Personal ConscienceCh. 330 Thought Sovereignty in the Christian Tradition: The Theological Foundation of Freedom of ConscienceCh. 331 The Thought Sovereignty Revolution of the Protestant Reformation: Everyone Can Face God DirectlyCh. 332 Thought Sovereignty and Free Will: Can Thought Truly Decide Autonomously?Ch. 333 The Challenge of Determinism to Thought Sovereignty: If Thought Is Merely a Neurochemical Product?Ch. 334 The Neuroscience of Thought Sovereignty: The Problem of the Freedom of ConsciousnessCh. 335 The Quantum Physics of Thought Sovereignty: The Uncertainty Principle and the Encounter with Thought FreedomCh. 336 The Five Historical Stages of Thought Sovereignty SuppressionCh. 337 Suppression of Thought Sovereignty in Antiquity: The Inquisition and Heresy TrialsCh. 338 Suppression of Thought Sovereignty in the Middle Ages: The Church’s Control Over Thought BoundariesCh. 339 Suppression of Thought Sovereignty in Modernity: The Ideological Machines of Nation-StatesCh. 340 Suppression of Thought Sovereignty in the Twentieth Century: Totalitarian Thought ColonizationCh. 341 Suppression of Thought Sovereignty in the Twenty-First Century: Algorithms, Surveillance, and Digital TotalitarianismCh. 342 The Colonization of Thought Sovereignty: How External Forces Make People Voluntarily Abandon SovereigntyCh. 343 The Seven Mechanisms of Thought Sovereignty ColonizationCh. 344 Fear as the Most Effective Tool of Thought Sovereignty ColonizationCh. 345 Material Inducement as the Gentlest Means of Thought Sovereignty ColonizationCh. 346 Habituation as the Most Hidden Way of Thought Sovereignty ColonizationCh. 347 The Education System’s Shaping and Colonization of Thought SovereigntyCh. 348 Media’s Daily Colonization of Thought SovereigntyCh. 349 Religion’s Protection and Threat to Thought SovereigntyCh. 350 Consumerism’s Silent Devouring of Thought SovereigntyCh. 351 The Entertainment Industry’s Joyful Anesthesia of Thought SovereigntyCh. 352 Digital Surveillance’s Comprehensive Threat to Thought SovereigntyCh. 353 The Social Credit System: Technological Elimination of Thought SovereigntyCh. 354 Facial Recognition and Thought Monitoring: The Body Is Scanned, Thought Is PredictedCh. 355 The Thought Sovereignty Crisis of Artificial Intelligence: When Machines Know Us Better Than We Know OurselvesCh. 356 The Ultimate Threat of Brain-Computer Interfaces: The Final Frontier of Thought SovereigntyCh. 357 Guarding Thought Sovereignty: Daily Practices at the Individual LevelCh. 358 Guarding Thought Sovereignty: Faith Transmission at the Family LevelCh. 359 Guarding Thought Sovereignty: Building Thought Communities at the Community LevelCh. 360 Guarding Thought Sovereignty: Constitutional Safeguards at the Institutional LevelCh. 361 Guarding Thought Sovereignty: The Pluralist Commitment at the Civilizational LevelCh. 362 The Deep Relationship Between the Theory of Thought Sovereignty and Democratic InstitutionsCh. 363 The Theory of Thought Sovereignty’s Fundamental Negation of AuthoritarianismCh. 364 The Theory of Thought Sovereignty’s Final Judgment on TotalitarianismCh. 365 The Theory of Thought Sovereignty’s Critical Response to AnarchismCh. 366 Similarities and Differences Between the Theory of Thought Sovereignty and LiberalismCh. 367 The Encounter Between the Theory of Thought Sovereignty and ConservatismCh. 368 The Tension Between the Theory of Thought Sovereignty and SocialismCh. 369 The Final Reconciliation Between the Theory of Thought Sovereignty and ReligionCh. 370 The Political Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: The Best Government Is the One That Interferes Least with ThoughtCh. 371 The Educational Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: The Purpose of Education Is to Liberate Thought SovereigntyCh. 372 The Legal Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: The Boundary of Law Stops at the Realm of ThoughtCh. 373 The Economic Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: The Free Market Is the Extension of Thought Sovereignty in the Economic SphereCh. 374 The Artistic Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: Art Is the Freest Expression of Thought SovereigntyCh. 375 The Religious Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: Faith Is Thought Sovereignty’s Ultimate Return to the SacredCh. 376 The Special Significance of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty for Chinese CivilizationCh. 377 The Suppression and Resistance of Thought Sovereignty in Chinese HistoryCh. 378 The Contemporary Dilemma of Chinese Thought Sovereignty: Tension Between Five Thousand Years of Civilization and Modern TotalitarianismCh. 379 The Revival of Chinese Thought Sovereignty: Possibilities, Paths, and CostsCh. 380 The Deep Relationship Between the Theory of Thought Sovereignty and the Christianization of ChinaCh. 381 The Global Significance of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: Universal Framework or Product of a Specific Culture?Ch. 382 The Applicability of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty in the Non-Western WorldCh. 383 The Explanatory Power of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty for Global ConflictsCh. 384 A Reunderstanding of International Relations Through the Theory of Thought SovereigntyCh. 385 The Incompleteness of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: Directions for Successors to Continue DevelopingCh. 386 The Compatibility of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty with the Community of Shared Future for MankindCh. 387 Can Humanity Build True Consensus on the Basis of Thought Sovereignty?Ch. 388 The Eternity of Divergence: The Inevitable Landscape of Plural Exercise of Thought SovereigntyCh. 389 The Possibility of Consensus: Seeking Common Ground While Respecting Thought SovereigntyCh. 390 The Ultimate Declaration of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty: Every Person’s Thought Is a Creative Center of the UniverseCh. 391 The Greatest Contribution of the Theory of Thought Sovereignty to Future CivilizationCh. 392 Idea → Conviction → Assertion → Sovereignty: The Complete Closure of the Four VolumesCh. 393 From the First Light to the Supreme Throne: The Complete Journey of Thought SovereigntyCh. 394 The Dialectical Unity of the Four Concepts: Viewed Separately They Are Hierarchical; Viewed Together They Are SovereigntyCh. 395 Guarding Thought Sovereignty Is Guarding the Most Fundamental Dignity and Freedom of Human NatureCh. 396 Summary of the Book’s Major Findings: Twenty Core PropositionsCh. 397 Limitations of the Research and Directions for Successors to DeepenCh. 398 Future Research Directions: Twenty Open Questions in the Theory of Thought SovereigntyCh. 399 Acknowledgments and Notes: This Book Itself Is an Exercise of Thought SovereigntyCh. 400 Final Epilogue: The Throne of Thought Forever Belongs to Every Soul Bold Enough to ThinkTotal: 400 Chapters — From the First Gleam to the Throne
導論標題翻譯Introduction
On “Idea → Conviction → Assertion → Sovereignty” —
With a Discussion on the Relationship Between the “Self” and “Thought Sovereignty”
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