Literary notes about Ergo (AI summary)
In literature, "ergo" serves as a succinct marker to signal a logical conclusion or consequence. Authors use it to neatly tie together premises and outcomes, often imbuing their statements with both formality and a touch of wit. For instance, in a humorous twist, one author uses it to denote identity in a namesake confession ([1]), while classical rhetoricians such as Cicero employ it with precise argumentative force ([2], [3], [4]). Meanwhile, its appearance in works across genres—from philosophical treatises ([5], [6]) to poetic banter ([7], [8])—demonstrates "ergo"'s versatility as a linguistic bridge linking reasoning to result.
- And I answered, ‘Christopherus sum;’ and he said, ‘Ergo connominati sumus’—that is, that we were namesakes. . .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - 82 Est ergo ulla res tanti aut commodum ullum tam expetendum, ut viri boni et splendorem et nomen amittas?
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ea autem actio in hominum commodis tuendis maxime cernitur; pertinet igitur ad societatem generis humani; ergo haec cognitioni anteponenda est.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero - Quid ergo est, quod non numquam dubitationem afferre soleat considerandumque videatur?
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero - “If there is no money in my safe, the cause is always that my servant has got a key for it: ergo —.”
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - "Cogito, ergo sum" would be regarded by most people as having a true premiss.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - But brave Caledonia's the hypothenuse; Then, ergo, she'll match them, and match them always.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns - “A Westfalia ham makes a man drink; drink quenches thirst: ergo a Westfalia ham quenches thirst.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne