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sensu eminentiori (la)

in the eminent sense

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sensu eminentiori


Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer: A Philosophical Analysis of Contemporary American Literature
by Allard Pieter den Dulk

Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer: A Philosophical Analysis of Contemporary American Literature
by Allard Pieter den Dulk

Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer: A Philosophical Analysis of Contemporary American Literature
by Allard Pieter den Dulk


The distinctive aspect, in comparison to verbal irony, is that this 'irony sensu eminentiori [in the eminent sense] is directed not against this or that particular existing entity [...]'

quoting Kierkegaard in The Concept of Irony 253

—p.63 Endless Irony (60) by Allard Pieter den Dulk
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