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Sub specie aeternitatis the Colombian hamburger is ... well, pardon the cliche, but it is sui generis.
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But it is important here that the relevant standard is not whether, in some sub specie aeternitatis sense, the firms are acting morally.
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Giegerich here clearly has Jung in mind when Jung insists in his memoirs that [w] hat we are to our inward vision, and what man appears to be sub specie aeternitatis, can only be expressed by way of myth ....
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Carnal knowledge of oneself ( "my self/Before me") as sexual communion with one's self as the mother (anima) of one's self is, sub specie aeternitatis, "the hieros gamos of the gods," their "mystic prerogative" as the "I Am that I Am."
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What we are to our inward vision, and what a man appears to be sub specie aeternitatis [from the perspective of eternity], can only be expressed by way of myth.
To Be (Un)Real : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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Heraclitus does not attempt to provide a detailed theodicy, but seeks to view all things sub specie aeternitatis, in which conflict (including presumably human conflict) keeps the world going (B80, cited above).
Doctor, My Eyes 2009
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Christians live sub specie aeternitatis, which means "in the shadow of eternity."
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Sub Specie aeternitatis, he is the truly fortunate one.
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The business tycoon or law partner who cheats people and runs out on his wife may be viewed as a successful man of the world, but the Christian perceives him, sub specie aeternitatis as a truly lamentable figure.
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This was a Spinozic observation; human beings are slaves to their passions, but they can be free if only they would consider their finite misfortunes from the eternal point of view, sub specie aeternitatis.
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