{"id":6799,"date":"2023-10-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2023-05-27T13:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T13:04:27","slug":"looking-at-john-deelys-book-2010-semiotic-animal-part-15-of-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6799","title":{"rendered":"Looking at John Deely&#8217;s Book (2010) &#8220;Semiotic Animal&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0(Part 15 of 22)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0112 Let me return to the salamander business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me play the role of a perplexed schoolman in (say) the early 1600s.&nbsp;&nbsp;Europe is on fire, both metaphorically and literally.&nbsp;&nbsp;Huge wars.&nbsp;&nbsp;Weird weather.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some rivers flood and other run dry.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rumor has it that a dog is born with three heads. Gold and silver from the new continent drive Spanish aristocrats mad.&nbsp;&nbsp;Like the protestants, the aristocrats think that money is a sign of God&#8217;s favor.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, the time has come to go to war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least, Fernando Suarez&#8217;s books are best sellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0113 Then, there are reports of salamanders.&nbsp;&nbsp;For centuries,&nbsp;<em>salamanders<\/em>&nbsp;stand for<em>&nbsp;birth in fire<\/em>&nbsp;in regards to&nbsp;<em>observations at campfires<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now, the mechanical philosophers from the north say that the claim is nonsense and superstition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ugh. Three items.&nbsp;&nbsp;And, I only have two sets of applicable distinctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0114 What about salamanders?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide44-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide44-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide44-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide44-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 44<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Salamanders are things.&nbsp;&nbsp;Things belong to&nbsp;<em>ens reale<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Natural philosophy says, &#8220;Consider things in terms of two contiguous real elements, matter and form.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide45-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide45-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide45-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide45-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 45<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0115 The form is the salamander. The matter must be fire.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The essence<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>substantiated form,<\/em>&nbsp;that is,&nbsp;<em>a real salamander dashing from a sizzling log<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The esse_ce<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>matter substantiating<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The presence of esse_ce in the thing<\/em>&nbsp;produces a potential for &#8216;something&nbsp;<em>inesse<\/em>&#8216;.&nbsp;&nbsp;That &#8216;something&#8217; associates to the proximate fundament,&nbsp;<em>the observed sign<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also,&nbsp;<em>the fact that someone notices<\/em>&nbsp;means that&nbsp;<em>something in the actuality of matter<\/em>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<em>the potential to be noticed<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;So,&nbsp;<em>the presence of esse_ce in the thing<\/em>&nbsp;produces a potential for &#8216;something&nbsp;<em>adesse<\/em>&#8216;.&nbsp;&nbsp;That &#8216;something&#8217; associates to the remote fundament,&nbsp;<em>the one who observes the sign<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0116 Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide46-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide46-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide46-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide46-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 46<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0117&nbsp;<em>The missing element<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;belongs&nbsp;<em>to the remote fundament<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The missing element<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is also&nbsp;<em>ens rationis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what do scholastics conclude, with the approbation of common folk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire births salamanders<sub>2b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a kind of expression, in Latin,&nbsp;<em>a species expressa<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide47-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide47-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide47-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Slide47-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 47<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0112 Let me return to the salamander business. 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