Literary notes about Comprehensible (AI summary)
In literature, the term "comprehensible" is employed to delineate the boundary between what can be grasped by human intellect and what remains elusive. Writers contrast the clear and readily understandable, as in passages where organized rules or descriptions are described as perfectly comprehensible ([1], [2], [3]), with phenomena that defy straightforward understanding, such as the absolute continuity of motion that overwhelms the human mind ([4]) or the mysteries of science and religion that, despite their complexity, are rendered accessible to some ([5], [6]). At times, the word underscores the satisfaction of clarity in translations or artistic expression ([7], [8]), while in other contexts it highlights the limitations of human comprehension when faced with abstract or overwhelming experiences ([9], [10]). In this way, "comprehensible" becomes an enduring literary device, drawing focus to the intricate interplay between clarity and mystery that is intrinsic to both narrative and philosophy.
- It had that quality of seriousness belonging to every form of open sport where the best man wins under perfectly comprehensible rules.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad - For me the comprehensible world was but this speck of wood, swinging between water and sky.
— from The Wasted Generation by Owen Johnson - The notice shall be printed in such manner as to be clearly legible, comprehensible, and readily apparent to a casual reader of the form.
— from Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians by Library of Congress. Copyright Office - I Absolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human mind.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - Real fear seems quite rational and comprehensible to us.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - He was wont to add, however, that the mysteries of religion did not appear to him less comprehensible than those of science and of reason.
— from My Recollections of Lord Byron by Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di - From a French or German, even from a Russian original, a literal translation is comprehensible even if it is not beautiful in English.
— from Plays of Old Japan: The 'No' - With brilliant perspicuity he gave expression to the most difficult ideas, and made them comprehensible.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 3 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz - No doubt this operation is astonishing, indeed hardly comprehensible.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer - My Monkey-man's jabber multiplied in volume but grew less and less comprehensible, more and more simian.
— from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
