Literary notes about Concept (AI summary)
The word “concept” in literature serves as a versatile and foundational tool for articulating abstract ideas and organizing complex thoughts. In philosophical texts, it is deployed to probe the essence of being and the structure of our reasoning—for instance, the notion of “to be” is intricately examined as a fundamental concept in existential inquiry [1], while Kant and Schopenhauer treat it as a necessary vehicle for bridging intuition and understanding [2, 3, 4, 5]. In other contexts, authors use “concept” as a metaphor or emblem; Nietzsche, for example, employs it to encapsulate transformative values or to critique traditional ideas, as seen in his metaphorical use of “Superman” and his scrutiny of concepts such as truth and duty [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. Sociological and technological discourses further reveal its dynamic role—ranging from the idea of a unifying language on the Internet to the analytical framework that dissects social forces and progress [11, 12, 13, 14]. Thus, across diverse fields, the term “concept” is not merely a label but a potent, multifaceted construct that underpins both theoretical exploration and practical application in human thought and cultural evolution [15, 16].
- The complexity of the matter lies in the essence of the concept {186} “to be.”
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - The sphere of one concept includes that of the other.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - Now this concept brings the Reason into a quite different order of things from that of a mere mechanism of nature, which is no longer satisfying here.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - This, however, is a somewhat inexact and 276 indeterminate expression which needs derivation from a determinate concept.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - Of the Concept of an Object of Pure Practical Reason.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant - My concept, my metaphor for this type is, as you know, the word "Superman."
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - "Man, innocent, idle, immortal, and happy"—this concept, which is the object of the "most supreme desires," must be criticised before anything else.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Nietzsche - The concept "God" was already exploded when it appeared.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist by Nietzsche - " The concept "Cause and Effect" is a dangerous one, [Pg 59] so long as people believe in something that causes, and a something that is caused.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - A nation goes to the dogs when it confounds its concept of duty with the general concept of duty.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist by Nietzsche - The Internet really took off in the US because of a revolutionary concept: only one language — English.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - History of the Concept of Progress The great task of mankind has been to create an organization which would enable men to realize their wishes.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - The term accommodation, as has been noted, developed as a differentiation within the field of the biological concept of adaptation.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - The Sociological Concept of Contact 281 3. Classification of the Materials 282 II.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Memory, 107 Method, 46-50 , 58 ; analytic and synthetic, 114 ; formal, 60 Mill, 18 n. Mood, 5 Motivation, 42 Negative cases, 90 Notion. See Concept.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - We may then repeat the process, and start anew with each concept to which the argument leads us.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer