Literary notes about Extrinsic (AI summary)
In literary discourse, "extrinsic" is used to denote elements, causes, or influences that lie outside the inherent nature or essential qualities of a subject. For instance, authors contrast intrinsic properties with external factors, as seen when external causes are used to explain natural phenomena or divine actions [1][2][3]. This term also appears in debates about moral and aesthetic values, where considerations like external authority or societal influences are measured against inner virtues [4][5][6]. Moreover, discussions on subjects as diverse as doctrinal credibility, commercial relations, and even biological processes frequently invoke "extrinsic" to describe conditions, relationships, or causes that are not part of an object’s innate makeup but are imposed upon it from without [7][8][9].
- [260] nature of the Biblical miracles provided him with additional reason for refusing to attach any extrinsic value to the contents of the book.
— from Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers), Sir - By these we are shown that the usual ending of multiplication among somatic cells is due, not to an intrinsic cause, but to extrinsic causes.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer - The final cause, the end as intended, is extrinsic to the effect.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey - And as this appears from the meaning of the name, without any extrinsic proof, it is strictly an individual name.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Stuart Mill - His morality is absolutely independent of any extrinsic considerations.
— from The Greek Philosophers, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Alfred William Benn - When beauty is farther considered in relation to ourselves, it forms a second class, and may be termed extrinsic beauty.
— from Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker - Unless equipped with intrinsic goodness, the table can exhibit no extrinsic goodness whatever.
— from The Nature of Goodness by George Herbert Palmer - And in fact we find that popular speech distinguishes worth and value in much the same way as I have distinguished intrinsic and extrinsic goodness.
— from The Nature of Goodness by George Herbert Palmer - Extrinsic union of Ethic and of economic Science, from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
— from The Philosophy of the Practical: Economic and Ethic by Benedetto Croce
