Literary notes about Imperishable (AI summary)
Writers employ "imperishable" to evoke a sense of timeless endurance and lasting impact, whether referring to artistic legacy, memory, or the soul itself. It is often used to suggest that certain thoughts, deeds, or creations continue to exist beyond the mortal span, as when Cicero aims to leave an "imperishable and lasting impression" on memory [1] or when a work of art gains an enduring, almost mystical permanence [2]. In philosophical and metaphysical texts, the term underscores ideas of immortality and divine unchangeability, as seen in discussions of the soul's eternal nature [3][4][5]. At the same time, literature and historical narratives invoke "imperishable" to highlight monuments and remembrances that defy the ravages of time, thereby celebrating achievements and legacies that remain unaltered in the collective consciousness [6][7].
- My Cicero wished to leave upon my memory an imperishable and lasting impression.
— from Petrarch's Letters to Classical Authors by Francesco Petrarca - It was he who gave imperishable artistic form to that wealth of intellectual material which Beyle brought to light.
— from Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 5. The Romantic School in France by Georg Brandes - Then, Cebes, beyond question, the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will truly exist in another world!
— from Phaedo by Plato - "Since, then, that which is immortal is also incorruptible, can the soul, since it is immortal, be any thing else than imperishable?"
— from Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato - But the immortal is imperishable; and therefore the soul on the approach of death does not perish but removes.
— from Phaedo by Plato - Miss Brontë’s four novels will remain for all time imperishable monuments of her power.
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter - Cicero's style embalmed his thoughts and made them imperishable.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements by John Lord
