Sin and Error; Most Outwardly Amnesis
The sin of Amnesis is a dreadful forgetting eroding all virtues into nothingness, so it becomes much more than some personal failing; it is the rot at the heart of all failures in civilisation. Most horrible of all forgetfulness is in our godly purpose. The erosion of history’s lessons, the loss of collective identity until one stands alone in a world unrecognisable as once known, but only a hollow shell now haunted by echoes of what could have been, should have been.
To overcome Amnesis, one must first understand that it is not simply absence of remembrance but active resistance to it, we move away from the uncomfortable. It never erases cleanly however; it replaces the discomfort with something else: lies and deception masquerading as truth, corruption presented as innovation, and the insidious whisper of nihilism promising liberation from responsibility. To defeat Amnesis, one cannot rely on memory for it fails, but on a more fundamental faculty: righteous indignation.
The indignation of which I speak misses anger and rage entirely, mind you. The hatred of lies comes from a holy fire burning away the dross of complacency. This fire is magnificent and a fierce, purifying light revealing all things. It is the most righteous fury which cannot be directed at individuals but at systemic falsehoods; it is the moral outrage fuelled by seeing truth trampled underfoot and its enemies celebrated. Anger, however, is no emotion to be indulged or wallowed in, it is a tool to be wielded with precision and purpose. It is the most righteous of indignation which forces focus and condemns even the self.
The Kratos Domain: Rejection as Virtue
In Structural Virtues Theory (SVT) and Resurrexit Spiritus (RS), this process begins in the Kratos domain, the primal arena of self-definition and community entry. Here, Amnesis’s forgetfulness registers as a simple failure to reject. One never really forgets a lie; it is accepted if unchallenged, or at least its most basic propositions. When we lose sight of our true purpose, we adopt alternatives that are false and destructive, especially if these purposes are founded in non-purpose, or simply waiting.
Consider the tale of Odysseus returning home after twenty years of war. He arrives at Ithica, disguised as a beggar, his true test being not in physical combat but moral integrity. Amnesis would have him believe his former life was gone, his family forgotten, and his kingdom lost forever. It would whisper that all he has known has been for naught, and to simply accept this new reality as fate.
Odysseus does not accept this lie. He remembers the name of every servant in his hall, a small act of Magnanimity, and insistence on identity despite erasure while recognising his own identity through them. When a beggar challenges him, he does not immediately retaliate in violence but with a refusal to engage, despite eventually being forced into violence. The only excuse Odysseus has for defending his deception is in the greater truths to be revealed through it: the purpose.
The Telos Domain: Purpose Reforged
Telos in RS is the domain of visible personality, where product meets craft, and where one’s actions shape perceived identity for all. Amnesis here takes the form of an imbalance of Kratos causing blindness to Telos itself, where we send all purposes forward through our efforts directed in action. Without a true goal, life becomes endless cycles of meaningless activities.
Indignation is the blacksmith who reforges this broken purpose. It is a super-power which allows one to look at current actions, the “products” created, and see them for what they truly are: hollow imitations of value when built on foundations of lies or deceit. The corrupt official who has risen through manipulation rather than merit sees his position not as power but rightly as a prison, and the politician who has sacrificed truth for popularity finds himself stranded in a godless desert of empty applause.
The solution is Honour. It demands that one rejects any outcome which cannot be defended by truth and integrity, a refusal to compromise on fundamental principles even when it means failure or loss of status. To this end, we see Odysseus’s true test: fight the invasive “suitors” in a brute display of strength but to reveal himself as the true king at just the right moment. This is how one reclaims Telos; it requires rejecting false identities and embracing the authentic purpose that was always awaiting us.
The Eros Domain: Love Reset in Truth
The battle for virtue does not end in the public sphere; it extends into our most intimate relationships, of course, the Eros domain where love, trust, and vulnerability are tested at their core. Amnesis here is perhaps its most insidious form: forgetting the fundamental worth of another person or losing sight of why one loves them at all. It can manifest as betrayal from within a family, or friends.
Indignation becomes Temperance, not simply restraint but a righteous refusal to tolerate dishonourable behaviour, even when it comes from those closest to us. To confront a friend with their hypocrisy is not cruelty; it is the highest form of love, the kind that demands truth over comfort and integrity over ease. As Odysseus confronts his wife Penelope’s suitors, he does so not out of anger but from an unwavering commitment to Honour: his, hers, his people’s, and even theirs, as he prepares to punish them for their transgressions against his family and kingdom; executing justice as king.
This is how we rediscover our love: by refusing to accept the false versions others have created about affection and devotion, or worse, what they have allowed themselves to believe about their own love, through Amnesis. To love someone truly is to value them so deeply that one cannot tolerate their mistreatment or corruption without speaking out against it with the full force of Loyalty. Even and especially when it is they themselves doing it.
Power and Truth
Lastly, we arrive at that final frontier as arbiter of all things: the Logos domain, that realm of power and mastery where truth is tested and even God’s undying Love for us is proven. Amnesis here takes on a terrifying new form: forgetting how to think critically, losing sight of genuine reason as gifted us until one sees no difference between truth and madness. It leads to corruption of thought processes, the adoption of dangerous ideologies, or the abandonment of all moral judgement in favour confused materialist wants. We see this now, you can see it clearly in our societies.
Indignation becomes the drive of Excellence through Logos, pushing us through all Patience, Conservation, Prudence, Ethics, and Justice to Courage. When faced with this enormous failure, we must find the strength not to succumb to despair but to engage in one last battle: against our own minds. To do so is an act of profound humility, a recognition that even when all external authority has been stripped away, there remains one final fortress worth defending: truth itself.
This requires Willpower. It means choosing reason over emotion, logic over rhetoric, and fact over opinion, even when the world seems determined to prove us wrong. Both our first and final victories can never be over enemies, since in truth we have none but ourselves limiting us. This is to say, we must forge an identity so pure that it cannot be broken by any lie or manipulation. You must stand as testament: Amnesis may try to consume us, but it can never succeed if we meet its lies with the unyielding fire of our righteous indignation.