Literary notes about Basis (AI summary)
In literature, the term “basis” is used flexibly to denote the underlying foundation—whether in matters of ideology, societal organization, scientific reasoning, or artistic construction. It can refer to the principal element supporting a system or belief, as when political or religious structures are said to rest on a particular basis [1, 2, 3]. At the same time, “basis” often signals the empirical or logical ground on which theories are built, reinforcing notions with sound reasoning [4, 5, 6, 7]. Even in aesthetic or cultural contexts, the word underscores essential components, be they the physical properties of an instrument or the core elements of individual talent [8, 9, 10]. This versatility highlights how “basis” functions as a conceptual and sometimes material foundation across a wide spectrum of literary discussions [11, 12].
- The conception of the Jews as the Chosen People who must eventually rule the world forms indeed the basis of Rabbinical Judaism.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster - Here we have what is, in the State, the basis of government, often wrongly confused with the Sovereign, whose minister it is.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The unity of society includes these opposing forces, and, as a matter of fact, society is organized upon the basis of conflict.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - There is sound basis for believing that the hypothetical poison is not introduced preformed in the food.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - First of all, there are reservations to be made in regard to the very principle which is at the basis of this theory.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - These mystical developments are very natural, but the basis of the theory is in logic, and it is as based in logic that we have to consider it.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - In the first place, its biological basis is fallacious.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - Legend of Kitesh 310 —Vn. solo, on harmonic basis of strings sul ponticello and wood-wind.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - She recaptured the sense of space, which is the basis of all earthly beauty, and, starting from Howards End, she attempted to realise England.
— from Howards End by E. M. Forster - The basis of matrimonial bliss is secure, and all thy little defects and frailties are forgiven.
— from Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not check thee.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - IV From the moment that the cult of the dead is shown not to be primitive, animism lacks a basis.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim
