Charles S. Peirce
I have just discovered Charles S. Peirce. Is there
anyone on the list familiar with his work and writings? In the following
article written for Popular
Science Monthly
in 1877 I was amazed by some of the parallellsin Abdu'l-Baha's various
commentaries. At first I thought perhaps Peirce had heard one of His talks
in America until I rechecked the date of the article. It was, however, 14
years after the Declaration of Baha'u'llah, and several years before EG Browne's
audience with Baha'u'llah.
When,
Where and Who was the 1st Western believer to declare ??
I
seem to stumble upon these things in the most round-about way. While
researching Black female leaders (in preparation for MLK observance...) I came
across a comment by Congresswoman Shirley Chislom, where she referred to herself
as a "pragmatic politician". This spurred me to investigate pragmatism -
which led to Peirce... No wonder I never get anything accomplished around
the house!
Here
is the link to his article on "The
Fixation of Belief"
http://www.peirce.org/writings/p107.html
Lovingly, Sandra
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re: Charles S. Peirce
Hello Sandra, I am somewhat familiar with Peirce and some of his writings, most of which are not published. Peirce is America's profoundest thinkers. and interests in his writing come from around the world. Besides being the founder of pragmatism he also developed semiotics. He was a logician, a scientist, and a believer. He wrote things like Evolutionary Love A Neglected proof of God. and presented concepts like Abduction and contrite fallabilism He is however a complex and difficult philosopher to understand. There are several book on Peirce and also several website including Arisbe http://members.door.net/arisbe/ and email list: Peirce-l accessible through the Arisbe web site. I had wonder if Peirce ever became aware of the Baha'i Faith and have found no indications that he had. This is about all about Peirce I should mention here and if people which to inquire further they should go to the resources I mentioned. Paul McKibben The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by the Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
re: Charles S. Peirce
Thank you, Paul, for your comments and additional resource
information.
It's also reassuring to learn that
someone-elserecognized a similarityto the Sacred Writings in his
work. Whenever I encounter a seeming "familarity" I think of this
assurance from Baha'u'llah:
"Whoso reciteth, in the privacy of his chamber, the verses
revealed by God, the scattering angels of the Almighty shall scatter abroad the
fragrance of the words uttered by his mouth, and shall cause the heart of every
righteous man to throb. Though he may, at first, remain unaware of its
effect, yet the virtue of the grace vouchsafed unto him must needs sooner or
later exercise its influence upon his soul."
(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha'u'llah, p. 295)
Lovingly, Sandra
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