“Concupiscence” encompasses both the realm of possibility and the realm of actuality.  I depicted it as “the state of being(with Cupid)”.  “The state of being” belongs to the realm of actuality.  “With Cupid” belongs to the realm of possibility. In the plane of “doing”, “with Cupid” makes “the state of being” possible.

So what puts concupiscence into context?

In Chapter 6, Peters discussed “self-justification”, which I will write, justification^self.  After all, “self” is a species of justification.

Peters laid this step out according to the following logic:

We are mortal and concupiscence will not give us immortality.

We know the difference between good and evil and we suspect that good is eternal.

So how can we justify our concupiscence?

Well, the only way is to lie to ourselves.

We have to claim that the finite ends that come with concupiscence somehow, somehow, somehow are transcendent.

If we succeed, we justify^self.