Literary notes about Analytical (AI summary)
The term "analytical" is employed in literature to denote both a mode of reasoning and a methodological approach that seeks clarity through self-evident propositions or systematic investigation. Philosophers such as Kant use it to classify judgements that are inherently true by virtue of their logical structure, as seen in discussions of analytical propositions ([1], [2], [3]). At the same time, novelists like Charles Dickens employ the word to color character traits or narrative styles, suggesting a careful, sometimes even acerbic, process of examining ideas and situations ([4], [5]). Moreover, the adjective appears in contexts ranging from scientific inquiry—particularly in geometry and chemistry ([6], [7])—to psychoanalysis and literary criticism ([8], [9]), reflecting its versatile role in conveying precision and methodical thought.
- This proposition is, therefore, analytical and has nothing to fear from transcendental criticism.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - For example, when I say, “All bodies are extended,” this is an analytical judgement.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - The analytical criterion of possibility, which consists in the absence of contradiction in propositions, cannot be denied it.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - ' The Analytical chemist, who is gloomily looking on, has diabolical impulses to suggest 'Wind' and throw up his situation; but represses them.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - In full sight of whom, the malignant star of the Analytical has pre-ordained that pain and ridicule shall befall him.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - Identity of the hyperboloid with one of the five surfaces of the second degree studied in analytical geometry.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The subjects which will be discussed are Arithmetic ; Geometry ; Algebra ; Trigonometry ; Analytical Geometry ; Descriptive Geometry .
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - In so far as analytical therapy does not concern itself immediately with the removal of symptoms, it may be termed causal.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - Here was praise which was keen and analytical.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
