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Literary notes about Immure (AI summary)

The word “immure” has historically been employed in literature not only as a literal term for confining or enclosing but also as a metaphor for the self-imposed limitations that restrict human potential. For instance, in [1] from "Plutarch's Morals," the use of "immure" underscores the paradox of freedom inherent in nature contrasted with the human tendency to bind and confine oneself within narrow confines. Here, the term transcends its physical meaning to evoke themes of existential limitation and the struggle between natural liberty and societal or self-imposed constraints.
  1. For nature makes us free and unrestrained, but we bind and confine immure and force ourselves into small and scanty space.
    — from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

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