Literary notes about Formulate (AI summary)
In literature, the term "formulate" is employed to denote the deliberate, systematic construction of ideas, plans, or doctrines. It appears when characters strive to articulate their thoughts or devise strategies—whether it is a calculated effort to construct a philosophical argument as seen in [1] and [2], to lay down a code or doctrinal statement like that in [3] and [4], or to simply struggle to put one’s words together in a moment of confusion, as illustrated in [5] and [6]. Authors also use it to emphasize the meticulous process involved in establishing principles or organizing a coherent plan of action, as when a character seeks to craft an excuse [7] or when a thinker endeavors to encapsulate an abstract notion into a succinct statement.
- Plato was the first to formulate this dogma, and he endeavoured to prove it as an objective truth.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer - Physical science, then, cannot formulate laws outside of maya , the very texture and structure of creation.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - [280] For we conceive it as the aim of a philosopher, as such, to do somewhat more than define and formulate the common moral opinions of mankind.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - By nature we mean just that aspect and character of things in regard to which it is possible to make general statements and formulate laws.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - I could hardly formulate words in my own mind.
— from The House in the Mist by Anna Katharine Green - He glared at the girl for fully a minute, without being able to formulate any reply.
— from The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; Or, The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe - I beg you calmly and in brief terms to formulate the wrong I’ve done you.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
