Literary notes about Conversion (AI summary)
The word "conversion" has been deployed in literature with a remarkable range of meanings—from a profound transformation of the soul or spirit to a more metaphorical change in state or condition. In many texts, it denotes a religious rebirth or reformation, as seen in descriptions of soul conversion in classical works ([1], [2], [3]) and in accounts of personal spiritual awakenings ([4], [5]). At the same time, the term extends into the socio-political realm, capturing shifts in collective attitudes or even the transformation of entire cultures, as evidenced by discussions of the conversion of masses and peoples ([6], [7], [8]). Authors also use "conversion" in more mundane or technical contexts, such as the alteration of texts or even materials ([9], [10], [11]), demonstrating its role as a flexible metaphor for change. This multifaceted usage, ranging from the intimate to the institutional, underscores literature’s enduring fascination with transformation in both thought and form ([12], [13], [14], [15]).
- 462 D , 464 B ; conversion of the soul from darkness to light, 7. 518 , 521 , 525 [ cp.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato - After his conversion he wrote a letter to the congregations of Southern France, exhorting them to accept Christianity (Paris, 1552).
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - The story of his conversion is a remarkable one.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - For if my conversion was sincere, how could I take a pleasure to relate my past follies?
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard and Héloïse - He believed in sudden conversion, a belief which may be right, but which is peculiarly attractive to a half-baked mind.
— from Howards End by E. M. Forster - Unity in the face of danger; the conversion of the masses becomes the only means of putting an end to the persecution of the individual.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Nietzsche - Charlemagne's conversion of the Saxons was not by preaching.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle - The first archbishop, Hernando de Talavera, was a good and liberal-minded man, and forcible conversion formed no part of his policy.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole - However, the text, on the whole, is quite satisfactory for the casual reader, a transformation made possible by conversion to an etext.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi - Some depend on the computer having an internal national language ROM, or that it uses a special (resident) conversion program.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - We assume that you have already retrieved the BINSTART file, and that you have a version of the conversion program.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - [11] This is well brought out by Merivale, Conversion of the Roman Empire , p. 145, etc.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - Their conversion and expulsion.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - 4. Conversion as a Form of Accommodation: A Study of Mutations of Attitudes in Religion, Politics, Morals, Personal Relation, etc.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - It resteth therefore, that it was left in it, by not destroying the Images themselves, in the conversion of the Gentiles that worshipped them.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
