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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.
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. This paper is primarily concerned with the latter type.
    — from Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
  4. I am glad of it—actually glad of it, as far as he is concerned.’
    — from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
  5. 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
  6. "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
  7. I have been much concerned to hear it."
    — from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  8. Mr. Spiker raised his eyebrows, and looked much concerned.
    — from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  9. 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
  10. 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

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