Literary notes about Concerned (AI summary)
In literature, “concerned” serves as a multifaceted term that both qualifies relevance and expresses personal involvement. Authors use it to indicate matters directly related to a subject or character—as in discussions of political, social, or religious issues where “concerned” designates the precise area of interest or authority ([1], [2], [3]). In other instances, writers employ the phrase “as far as I am concerned” to articulate a subjective stance or emotional involvement, thereby inviting readers into the narrator’s personal perspective ([4], [5], [6]). Furthermore, “concerned” is sometimes used more broadly to mark the connection between characters and their circumstances, whether it be worry for another’s well-being ([7], [8]) or delineating who is directly implicated in an event ([9], [10]). This versatile usage not only clarifies the scope of a discussion or the extent of a character’s engagement but also enriches the text by highlighting the relationship between the individual and the broader thematic context.
- But these, it may be said, are cases in which religion was concerned, and religious convictions are something peculiar in their strength.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill - This can has merely a subjective significance, and really means “as far as the data known to us are concerned.”
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - This paper is primarily concerned with the latter type.
— from Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services - I am glad of it—actually glad of it, as far as he is concerned.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - All the chains of prejudice are broken; as far as I am concerned I know only the bonds of necessity.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - "Well, then, so far as I am concerned thou mayst go, but thou wilt soon come home again!" replied the old man in a spiteful voice.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - I have been much concerned to hear it."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens - Mr. Spiker raised his eyebrows, and looked much concerned.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - I am concerned for the condition of the learned world, which lies under such t deplorable ignorance in all these particulars.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - I find every body mightily concerned for these children, as a matter wherein the State is much concerned that they should live.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys