If humanity is trapped in a narcissistic gaze, then radical Nomos is the mirror, the lens through which humanity understands itself as the most important set of creatures in God's creation, the “dominant species” of this planet.
Nature is the great, universal corrective; when we get stuck in our anthropocentric narcissism, we can turn to Physis to get perspective on where we stand. The Romantic poets did this, and liberation theologians of the future must do the same. All it takes is one earnest look away from the mirror for a person to become cognizant of where they stand in relation to things.
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