Triadic Philosophy

Charles Sanders Peirce spent a life of reasonable length elaborating what he always thought. He thought, among other things, that we move forward and that we are social, collaborative sorts.
Foundationally, Peirce thought 1 2 3, that is to say, in threes. And he structured the categories at the heart of philosophy as First Second and Third. By the time Peirce elaborated everything, he had a truckload of triads and a massive fleet of elaborations.
Peirce did not think we are ciphers who will follow even such a one as he. He thought we might build on his notions, as folk for two thousand years built on Aristotle - to the detriment of ethics, as Aristotle lacked a proper value system.
Now it is Promethian and unnecessary to so immerse ourselves in Peirce's Threes that we end up arguing about what he may have meant as a twenty year old or as a seventy year old. He might say I am merely pointing to what an ordinary sort might infer from living life. Peirce said many things in passing that are, for the rock-ribbed quasi-nativist he was, oddly democratic, oddly tolerant, oddly helpful and most certainly non-idolatrous.
The utility of 1 2 3, if Peirce is right, (and he is) is we can (and do) all work creatively to evolve reality, trying daily to get things right.
So, yes, read and benefit from Peirce. But, more than that, use your bean. Conjure up more of the magic he was on to.
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"Sto Perigiali" One of the Surpassingly Best Tunes Theodorakis Has Written

A Setting for a Poem "Denial" Beloved by the Greek People by the Nobel Prize Winning Poet Giorgos Seferis

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The remarkable video at the link above is of a performance of "Sto perigiali" Mario Frangoulis and Mikis Theodorakis in 2001.

Frangoulis and Theodorakis are joined by musicians, including two bouzouki players, and a very large audience that is completely familiar with the words. The audience joins in at Frangoulis' prompt.

This is my very favorite Theodorakis melody. Those who know Theodorakis only for his "Zorba" music are in for a treat. When I was in Athens in 1966, for a short period of study with Constantinos Doxiadis, I knew nothing of Theodorakis. But about five years later, my friend Irene Vassos sang "Sto perigiali" to us. I have never gotten the tune out of my mind.

Later, when Irene joined our group to form a travelling company performing "New Rain", I learned to pick out a …

Stephen C. Rose Bio

Stephen C. Rose (1936-) was born in New York City and raised there. He currently lives there. He was educated at Trinity, Exeter, Williams and Union Theological Seminary. He served in the Student Interracial Ministry in Nashville. He founded and edited the prize-winning Renewal Magazine in Chicago and studied with C. A. Doxiadis in Athens. His first books "The Grass Roots Church" and "Who's Killing The Church" established him as a prominent critic of American Protestantism and American religion. He was and remains a civil rights activist. He has interviewed and done in depth pieces on Saul Alinsky and Martin Luther King, Jr. He won awards for editorial courage and for two documentary films. He has written and published many songs and musical works including "We Are All Americans". During the late 90s and early 2000s he worked for UN agencies, most recently editing CHOICES Magazine at UNDP. Since 2000 he has written several books for distribution via K…

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