I see a great city whose glory will touch the stars in Latin

1. What is the Latin phrase for current situation?
2. What Latin phrase means in the nature of things?

What is the Latin phrase for current situation?

According to this theory, the current state, “status quo,” is regarded as a reference point and people perceive any changes from that state as a loss. Like this, “status quo (literally 'the state in which' in Latin)” is a latin phrase that is commonly used to indicate the same situation without changes.

What Latin phrase means in the nature of things?

in rerum natura. in the nature of things.