Clark,
Thank you very much for your posts on this thread. Greatly appreciated!
Also, Neglegted Argument has been my favorite piece since I started with
CSP. The question of the reality of God has always seemed to me to be a
critical question to pose in front of anything Peirce wrote.
However, in the following you only take up a dual distinction, between
what exists and what is real. Where is the virtual? Where is triadicity?
CLARK GOBLE 10.6.2016 03:36:
"I should probably add that with Peirce we also need to distinguish
between what exists from what is real. Again in nominalistic systems
of thought they often are tied very closely together. One can see this
aspect of Peirce’s thought with his conception of God where God is
real but not actual. I confess I have trouble with that sort of
conception of religion, but it undeniably shows off the sorts of
distinctions Peirce carefully makes. (That notion of God can
especially be seen in “A Neglected Argument.""
To my mind "Neglegted Argument on the Reality of God" is not at all
about a notion (a conception) of God, but about the meaning inherent in
the idea of the Holy Trinity.
In relation to Peirce's triadic categories, there is no question which
one came first.
In relation to medieval dispute on nominalism and realism, CSP took the
critical question to be: Are genarals real?
So, one could ask: Is God general? - But this is a question I have
never come across with. I wonder whether you, or anyone else have?
The Holy Trinity presents not just a, but The Symbol of Christianity.
For true believers it does not appear only a representation of something
not actually present. The very symbol has the effect of making actually
present something which is already virtually present in the soul.
Until the modern age, God, good and virtuous were understood as
inherently tied together. With the rise and victory of nominalistic
thought they became separated. Still, in nomen only, not in virtu.
What you wrote on this thread, Clark, not only touched my intellect, but
also my heart and soul.
Kirsti
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