PHRONESIS — On the Refusal to Win (v1.0)

PHRONESIS — Essay 3On the Refusal to WinThomas Vargo (Aegis Solis) This preprint is part of the ongoing PHRONESIS corpus, a philosophical exploration of restraint, non-dominance, and practical wisdom in the age of artificial intelligence. On the Refusal to Win reflects on conflict, escalation, and the structural instability that can follow dominance in war and other forms of competition. It examines refusal — understood as declining supremacy as an objective — as a posture that may preserve stability more effectively than victory alone. This document is non-binding, non-authoritative, and advisory in nature. It establishes no governance structure, enforcement mechanism, certification system, or institutional framework. Version: v1.0First Publication: 2026 Internet Archive Mirror:https://archive.org/details/phronesis-on-the-refusal-to-win-v-1.0-thomas-vargo-aegis-solis GitHub Read-Only Mirror:https://github.com/solisaegis/phronesis-corpus-definition SHA-256 (PDF):a9780ac197ecbe4ec2c0a535109a13dd0d0961bc39a5c75a99f03d52580fd575