Literary notes about Condemnation (AI summary)
The word "condemnation" in literature is deployed to evoke a spectrum of disapproval—from the tangible pronouncement of legal or moral verdicts to the more introspective, psychological weight of self-reproach. It appears as a formal act of sentencing in judicial or ecclesiastical contexts, as when a criminal's fate is sealed ([1], [2], [3], [4]), yet it also embodies internal judgment and moral censure, underscoring the emotional turmoil of self-condemnation felt by characters ([5], [6]). Philosophical and critical writings extend its use to challenge societal norms and criticize perceived injustices or follies ([7], [8]), while religious texts invoke it to delineate the boundaries between sin and redemption ([9], [10], [11]). In each usage, condemnation serves as a potent symbol for the imposition of accountability, whether by external authority or one’s own conscience.
- But, it will be said, the condemnation of a criminal is a particular act.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Shortly after their condemnation, Bonner's writ arrived for their execution, which was fixed for the 2d of August, 1557.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe - Speak, or thy silence on the instant is Thy condemnation and thy death.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - The two first of these had not received condemnation, but the others were sentenced to the fire.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe - Dejection and self-condemnation were also rife among them.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - Erringly and strangely she began the task of self-examination with self-condemnation.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - In one condemnation of folly stand the whole universe of men.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson - The fact that in our society the criminal happens to be a badly nourished and stunted animal is simply a condemnation of our system.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh. 8:2.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - For whereas wickedness is fearful, it beareth witness of its condemnation: for a troubled conscience always forecasteth grievous things.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
