02/8/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JA

Summary of text [comment] page 83

[A report of apples at the market3a acts as a mirror in which I see I can make applesauce and stock up for the winter2a in the potentials inherent in me1a.

If I focus on the opportunity for making applesauce2a, then I address my desire1a.

If I ask myself, “Is this what I value1b?”, then I question my desire1a.]

02/5/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 IX

[Back to the applesauce example, I got to a place where something2a consisted in the actuality of the opportunity to make apple sauce.

‘This something2a’ is virtually situated by ‘my choice2b’, in the following nested form:

I, seat of choice3b( my choice2b( the potential of something2b))

If I am not contemplative, the potential of me1a is subsumed into I choose2b.

No further articulation needed.

I decide to make applesauce.

The interscope remains an interscope.]

02/2/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 IW

Summary of text [comment] page 83

[Opportunity is sandwiched between responsibility and freedom.

Is opportunity sandwiched between words and bondage?

I have a better word: ‘temptation’.

Temptation is sandwiched between words and bondage.

Opportunity and temptation belong to the single actuality that is ‘my heart2’.]

01/31/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 IU

[In the example of a friend who calls and informs me of the fine apples on sale in the farmer’s market, I am aware of something2a:

‘Hey, I can make some applesauce and stock up for the winter’.

This statement is equivalent to something2a.

This may be called an opportunity.]