In his 2018 work, “Resil Mojares and the Crisis of Comparative Literature in the Philippines,” Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III addresses the challenges facing comparative literature in the Philippine context, highlighting the marginalization of Marxist literary scholarship as exemplified by Edel Garcellano. This paper seeks to complement Mendoza’s analysis on Marxist literary criticism in the Philippines through an exploration of the works of Petronilo Daroy. A pivotal figure in Filipino intellectual and revolutionary circles, Daroy co-founded the Student Cultural Association of UP (SCAUP) which largely influenced the landscape of student activism in the country. Despite Daroy’s significant contributions, his legacy has been overlooked by contemporary literary scholars in the Philippines. Often remembered solely by his peers and those associated with the National Democratic movement, Daroy’s works have languished in obscurity, now out of print and scarcely available in local libraries. In contrast, academic institutions abroad, such as the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, have taken a more proactive approach in preserving Daroy’s intellectual corpus. This paper argues for the reinstatement of Petronilo Daroy into the pantheon of Filipino literary scholars, emphasizing the fundamental importance of his life and works in Philippine intellectual and literary history. Through an examination of Daroy’s social milieu, his extant body of works, and the resonance of his ideas among contemporaneous literary critics and thinkers, this study aims to elucidate the enduring relevance of Daroy’s contributions among the following generations of Filipino scholars and champion his recognition in the ongoing project to decolonize epistemological production in the Philippines.