Literary notes about Inception (AI summary)
In literature, “inception” is frequently used to denote the very beginning or origin of an idea, movement, or institution, emphasizing that initial spark from which subsequent events or developments unfold. Authors employ the term to highlight the formative stage of both tangible entities—such as schools or factories ([1], [2])—and abstract concepts like policies or ideologies ([3], [4]). It is also utilized in philosophical and introspective contexts to mark the commencement of inner journeys or struggles, as when it signifies the start of a spiritual or intellectual pursuit ([5], [6]). In historical narratives, “inception” often serves as a marker of significant transitions and foundational moments, whether in the evolution of warfare ([7]) or in the establishment of societal systems ([8]). Through these varied uses, the word encapsulates the idea that every complex process has an origin beginning that profoundly shapes its later course ([9], [10]).
- The inception of the school dates back to the closing years of the
— from Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers by Frederick W. Gookin - The H.B.C. candy factory, at Winnipeg, owes its inception to his efforts for expansion of the Company's business.
— from The Beaver, Vol. 1, No. 04, January 1921 - This policy , born out of expediency and nurtured in selfishness, was, in its inception, instinct with the elements of failure and of death.
— from Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South by Timothy Thomas Fortune - Nothing could be franker than the antagonism of the movement, from its inception, to the liberal spirit of the age.
— from An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore - It is, however, not an end but an inception, for now begins the glorious pursuit, the heart's happy exploration of the infinite riches of the Godhead.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer - Fortunately, it is too late now to arrest and turn back the evolutionary process of the reason, which had its inception in this belief.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - If there was to be a war, it was a matter of supreme importance what that war was to be, in its inception.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis - At its inception, under the English common law which everywhere prevailed, woman was legally a part of man's belongings, one of his chattels.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper - Or was it original and autochthonic, independent, in its inception, of any external influences, and unconnected with any other institution?
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - The inception of this noble enterprise was his, and he deserves high credit for it.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
