Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 ZX
[Multiculturalism3 is exclusive.
The multiculture2 is full of ‘diversity’.
There is only one cultivation1: the religion of big government (il)liberalism.]
10/25/19
Category Archives: The Evolution of Talk
The “evolution of talk” covers the evolution of the human capacity for language as well as the modes in which that capacity is expressed. Aspects are discussed in chapters 1,2 and 7 of An Archaeology of the Fall.
09/19/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 YX
[What did I find?
Two actualities were evident: the event of the choice2 and the actuality of something2.
Two actualities implied two nested forms: I choose something and a thought experiment where something forms in my mind. The former goes with the event. The latter goes with the actuality of something.
Thus, the idea of ‘I choose something’ became the thought experiment where ‘I choose something’.]
09/17/19
09/16/19
08/16/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 YB
Summary of text [comment] pages 87 and 88
[So what are survey questions actually measuring?
Something2a is the actuality that gains the subject’s attention. Yet, even this actuality is one element in a dyad.
The other element is the researcher and the conditions.
These are very difficult to assess. Consequently, the thought experiment3a treats these as constants.]
06/28/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 WS
[In the gnostic paradigm, secret knowledge may alter the fate of a person. Secret incantations permit the soul to perform the proper actions in order to return to the source.
Can I, seat of choice3V, compare to someone who holds secret knowledge?
Or does the acquisition of secret knowledge compare to a thought experiment3H?]
12/26/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 RR
Summary of text [comment] pages 83 and 84
[Obligations tend to be unavoidable.
Responsibilities tend to be character building.
Words tend to be deceptive.]
08/31/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 OP
Summary of text [comment] page 83
[True conversion occurs when a feature in the mirror of the world offers the truth. The something2H that appeals to a potential in me1H does not contain value1V.
Value1V conflicts with desire1H.
This discrepancy calls for a choice2V.]
07/24/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NO
Summary of text [comment] page 83
[What happens to the tobacco smoker?
The mirror of the world (including the progressive regulatory zeitgeist)3a no longer allows value1b to coincide with desire1a.
The following diagram shows the interscope restricted to sensible construction (a two-level interscope.
The next diagram shows the intersection, occurring under the influence of the thinkpro-object of citizen health.]
07/9/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NC
[The technical term is ‘reciprocity’
Each of us intuitively knows that nothing is truly free. To accept a gift is to accept the responsibilities of reciprocity.
This raises a fascinating sociological question:
How does one engage in reciprocity with an institution?]