Literary notes about Analysis (AI summary)
The term "analysis" in literature serves a multifaceted role, embodying both a method of breaking things down to their core components and a process that sometimes defies dissection. Authors employ it to denote rigorous examinations—whether in the detailed deconstruction of language and science, such as the breakdown of Greek sentences or the chemical study of substances [1][2], or in the reflective probing of human experience and emotion found in works of psychoanalytic insight [3][4][5]. At times, the word captures the idea of an intricate, irreducible quality, as when it is suggested that the most delightful puns resist any clear analysis [6] or that the soft enchantment of a campfire eludes systematic understanding [7]. In essence, "analysis" emerges as a dynamic and adaptable concept, integral to both scholarly criticism and the evocative exploration of the human condition.
- One man may go into a community prepared to supply the people there with an analysis of Greek sentences.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington - Rocu is the preparation of achuete that has been subjected to chemical analysis.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Indeed it happens almost regularly that just before the completion of an analysis, certain memories of recent experiences suddenly come to light.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - Many dreams we meet with during the treatment are, as a matter of fact, impossible of complete analysis.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - The manifest content of dreams is most profuse and individually varied, and I have shown very explicitly what analysis may glean from this content.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - The puns which are most entertaining are those which will least bear an analysis.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb - "There is an impalpable, invisible, softly stepping delight in the camp fire which escapes analysis.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America
