Triadic Philosophy - Where 1 2 3 Works and When It Does Not

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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