Category Archives: Unveiling words

The first task or group concerns the semiotics of speech-alone talk. One of these would be about unveiling the hidden history of a word. This topic is addressed in chapters 2 and 12.

04/11/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KT

[Also, the obligations of tribe and family are particular.

My particular tribe and family may have a tendency to micromanage. Petty demands add to time-honored expectations.

Plus, there will always be a slacker in the house.

Plus, the family and tribe may have a debilitating tendency to blame all their woes on one person. Everyone wants to be blameless, so nothing gets done.

The Law of Moses mitigated that.

The Law of Moses held out the possibility of reward (or, at least, not punishment) for the individual with initiative, despite family and tribal obligations.]

04/3/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KN

[What is the actuality2a that fundamentally transforms freedom2a(1a) into bondage2a(1a)?

This ‘something2a’ emerges from and situates the possibilities inherent in me1a.

The mirror of the world3a or the thought experiment3a brings ‘something2a’ out of the possibilities inherent in me1a.

I may think that something2a enslaves me.

Actually, the relation3a enslaves me.]

07/28/17

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 DV

Summary of text [comment] page 82

[Our current Lebenswelt is not the Lebenswelt we evolved in.

The transition from intuitive reference to projected reference was the first singularity experienced by our species.

To me, this singularity is captured in those early stories of Genesis.

Indeed, all ancient written mythologies of southwest Asia testify to the first singularity.]

07/26/17

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 DT

Summary of text [comment] page 82

[If Rousseau is correct, then the word “property” is a socially constructed term that allows the sensible construction of civilized economic and political systems.

If this coagulation of social and sensible construction did not have surviving power, then it would not exist today.

Civilization, an expression of unconstrained complexity, relies on the social construction of “property”. We project the referent “property” into our experience of the word “civilization”.]