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The Normative Thought of Charles S. Peirce ed. by Cornelis de Waal, Krzysztof Piotr Skowronski (review)

The Normative Thought of Charles S. Peirce ed. by Cornelis de Waal, Krzysztof Piotr Skowronski... Volume 35, n o. 3, s eptember 2014 275 s antayana’s religious genius is his emphasis on the life of the s pirit and the translation of orthodox c hristian symbolism and dogma to a theology for the disillusioned. f or the enlightened person, there is offered a salvation of a kind and an uncompromising morality. “Santayana is the only materialistic philoso- pher in the mainstream of the past one hundred years of American, and probably European philosophy, who proclaimed the importance of living a spiritual life, and additionally represented a spiritual component of his philosophical project, independent of theistic belief, more descriptively and extensively than any of his modern forbears” (185). Apparently the quip made by r obert l owell is not so far off: “There is no g od and m ary is his m other.” The Normative Thought of Charles S. Peirce. e dited by c ornelis de Waal and Krzysztof Piotr s kowronski. n ew y ork: f ordham u niversity Press, 2012. 321 pp. $45 cloth. (r eviewed by W. A. m itchell, d rew u niversity) i n eleven first-rate essays, the normative thought of c . s . Peirce is not just http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

The Normative Thought of Charles S. Peirce ed. by Cornelis de Waal, Krzysztof Piotr Skowronski (review)

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University of Illinois Press
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Volume 35, n o. 3, s eptember 2014 275 s antayana’s religious genius is his emphasis on the life of the s pirit and the translation of orthodox c hristian symbolism and dogma to a theology for the disillusioned. f or the enlightened person, there is offered a salvation of a kind and an uncompromising morality. “Santayana is the only materialistic philoso- pher in the mainstream of the past one hundred years of American, and probably European philosophy, who proclaimed the importance of living a spiritual life, and additionally represented a spiritual component of his philosophical project, independent of theistic belief, more descriptively and extensively than any of his modern forbears” (185). Apparently the quip made by r obert l owell is not so far off: “There is no g od and m ary is his m other.” The Normative Thought of Charles S. Peirce. e dited by c ornelis de Waal and Krzysztof Piotr s kowronski. n ew y ork: f ordham u niversity Press, 2012. 321 pp. $45 cloth. (r eviewed by W. A. m itchell, d rew u niversity) i n eleven first-rate essays, the normative thought of c . s . Peirce is not just

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American Journal of Theology & PhilosophyUniversity of Illinois Press

Published: Sep 17, 2014

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