Literary notes about Compatible (AI summary)
The term “compatible” in literature has been used in a remarkably versatile way, encompassing both concrete and abstract realms. In technical contexts, authors detail systems or devices working together seamlessly—for example, descriptions of Hayes-compatible modems and other technological standards in modern narratives [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. At the same time, many writers extend the term to philosophical and metaphorical dimensions, suggesting that various conditions, virtues, or even entire ways of thinking can coexist harmoniously. Philosophers and essayists, from George Santayana to William James and Nietzsche, use “compatible” to explore whether certain social, intellectual, or natural phenomena can align without contradiction or conflict [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]. This dual usage highlights the word’s flexibility—serving as a bridge between the pragmatic details of technological design and the lofty inquiries into the interrelations of ideas and values.
- The packet sent new users contains a communication program and a Hayes-compatible 2400 bps modem.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Also, it has been designed to be compatible with electronic reading devices for the blind.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - This command is not the same on all Hayes-compatible modems.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - We assume that you have an external, intelligent Hayes-compatible modem and the communications program Procomm (version 2.4.2).
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - AOL has tailor-made graphical user interfaces for Apple, Macintosh, and PC compatible computers, and about 300.000 users (in June 1993).
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - V.22 1200 bps Partly compatible with the American full duplex Bell 212a standard.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Natural goods attainable and compatible in principle.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - It is compatible with any state of things whatever being true here below.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James - The true ideal must speak for all necessary and compatible functions.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - Is an increase of virtue compatible with an increase of intelligence and insight?
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Nietzsche - The future has no ambiguous possibilities hidden in its womb: the part we call the present is compatible with only one totality.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - They could not see how the reception of the Christian rule of life was compatible with the interests of Rome as the mistress of the world.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - It is such a measure of intelligibility as is compatible with flux and with existence.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - It will demand that wills be made harmonious and satisfactions compatible.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - To the Greeks, on the contrary, whose philosophy was enlightened and ingenuous, monotheism and polytheism seemed perfectly innocent and compatible.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - —We are accustomed to regard the development of a vast number of forms as compatible with one single origin.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche
