nunc stansn.

Brit.

/ˌnʌŋk ˈstanz/,

/ˌnʊŋk ˈstanz/, U.S.

/ˈnəŋk ˈstænz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nunc, stāns.

Etymology: < classical Latin nunc now (see now adv.) + stāns, present participle of stāre to stand (see stand v.).Earlier use of the expression in Latin has not been traced (compare quot. 1651).

Philosophy.

Eternity or eternal existence, esp. as an attribute of God, conceived not as infinite temporal duration but as a form of existence not subject to the limitations of time, and hence involving neither change nor succession. Also occasionally in extended use, esp. with reference to mystical experience.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > other attributes

ineffability1629

nunc stans1651

indemonstrability1847

separativeness1901

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 374 But they will teach us, that Eternity is the Standing still of the Present Time, a Nunc-stans (as the Schools call it;) which neither they, nor any else understand.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 645 Nunc-stans, or a Standing Now of Eternity.

1683 R. Dixon Canidia v. vi. 65 Eternity is Nunc stans.

1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul 376 The distinction of past and future vanishes with respect to such a Mind; and the expression nunc stans will appear to have propriety.

1854 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 119 Augustine, and the Schoolmen after him,..speaking of Eternity as a nunc stans.

1896 W. Caldwell Schopenhauer's Syst. viii. 393 In willing the world is at once an eternal process and an eternal stationary thing—a nunc stans—at the same time.

1946 J. Laird Philos. Incursions Eng. Lit. vi. 96 On a few occasions..Wordsworth described the specious nunc stans of mystical ecstasy; its apparent arrest of time itself.

1958 E. Heller Ironic German vi. 241 Thomas Mann was..well prepared for ‘the mystery of the revolving sphere’ by Schopenhauer's philosophy of the eternal nunc stans which resides at the centre of the illusory motion of Time.

1987 K. Ward Images of Eternity vii. 144 We must think of God's life, not as a succession of events, but as a nunc stans, an enduring now.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nunc stans
释义	nunc stansn. Brit. /ˌnʌŋk ˈstanz/, /ˌnʊŋk ˈstanz/, U.S. /ˈnəŋk ˈstænz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nunc, stāns. Etymology: < classical Latin nunc now (see now adv.) + stāns, present participle of stāre to stand (see stand v.).Earlier use of the expression in Latin has not been traced (compare quot. 1651). Philosophy. Eternity or eternal existence, esp. as an attribute of God, conceived not as infinite temporal duration but as a form of existence not subject to the limitations of time, and hence involving neither change nor succession. Also occasionally in extended use, esp. with reference to mystical experience. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > other attributes ineffability1629 nunc stans1651 indemonstrability1847 separativeness1901 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 374 But they will teach us, that Eternity is the Standing still of the Present Time, a Nunc-stans (as the Schools call it;) which neither they, nor any else understand. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 645 Nunc-stans, or a Standing Now of Eternity. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia v. vi. 65 Eternity is Nunc stans. 1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul 376 The distinction of past and future vanishes with respect to such a Mind; and the expression nunc stans will appear to have propriety. 1854 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 119 Augustine, and the Schoolmen after him,..speaking of Eternity as a nunc stans. 1896 W. Caldwell Schopenhauer's Syst. viii. 393 In willing the world is at once an eternal process and an eternal stationary thing—a nunc stans—at the same time. 1946 J. Laird Philos. Incursions Eng. Lit. vi. 96 On a few occasions..Wordsworth described the specious nunc stans of mystical ecstasy; its apparent arrest of time itself. 1958 E. Heller Ironic German vi. 241 Thomas Mann was..well prepared for ‘the mystery of the revolving sphere’ by Schopenhauer's philosophy of the eternal nunc stans which resides at the centre of the illusory motion of Time. 1987 K. Ward Images of Eternity vii. 144 We must think of God's life, not as a succession of events, but as a nunc stans, an enduring now. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651
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