Literary notes about Incomprehensible (AI summary)
Literary authors wield the term "incomprehensible" to evoke a spectrum of mystique and frustration over the limits of human understanding. It is used to capture elusive emotions or sensations that defy articulation, as when a character’s entire being is suddenly overwhelmed by an indescribable feeling [1]. At times, it characterizes abstract ideas of divine or eternal power, suggesting that some mysteries lie beyond mortal grasp [2, 3]. Equally, it is applied to perplexing human behavior and language—whether in the form of baffling telegrams or puzzling interpersonal dynamics—emphasizing that not all matters can be neatly deciphered [4, 5]. This multifaceted employment of "incomprehensible" invites readers to embrace uncertainty and the profound ambiguity embedded in both internal worlds and external realities.
- “My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Whence came thy conception of the existence of such an incomprehensible Being?
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - God alone is eternal and incomprehensible, filling all things, the solace of the soul, and the true joy of the heart.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas - How Charles could take such a thing into his head was always incomprehensible to me.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen - “I protest,” said Mrs. Beaumont, “I can’t think what he meant; such rudeness, from a man of any family, is quite incomprehensible.”
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney
