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are you concerned that you’ll never find ambitions for which justifications endure? (sub specie aeternitatis)
by perfmode 8y ago
are you concerned that you’ll never find ambitions for which justifications endure?
(sub specie aeternitatis)
- themodelplumber 8y agoI wouldn't say I'm _concerned_ about that. Even the right to kick that question around, or just forget about it, is pretty fun & precious to me. :-) > (sub specie aeternitatis) That's quite, err...thank you for that. The Wikipedia article on this one is pretty lofty, whew. But from what I can understand, the _point_ of relating that phrase is to conjure up something like "with a better perspective you'll always see your past more clearly", with which I do agree. However I'm not sure it merits Latin at this point except as a sort of rhetorical respect-production technology...which admittedly you might as well use when you can. (Email subject: You may have unclaimed respect points from a recent HN discussion) Let me know if I'm wrong about the phrase and its meaning.