Literary notes about Inject (AI summary)
The word "inject" has been employed in literature with a rich variety of connotations. Freud uses it metaphorically to suggest introducing something disruptive into a mental state, as seen when he speaks of injecting "something to kill the nerve" [1]. In contrast, Lucretius employs the term poetically, evoking a forceful, almost natural infusion of energy or life through hedged walls [2]. Yogananda adopts the word in a more colloquial, vigorous sense, indicating that his blows might inject reason into stubborn minds [3]. Even in culinary texts, such as Apicius' work, "inject" is used as a concise instruction, demonstrating its pragmatic application in artful gastronomy [4].
- I shall inject something to kill the nerve.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - And, specially, since scarcely potent he Through hedging walls of houses to inject His exhalations hot, with ardent rays.
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus - my blows may inject some slight sanity of consideration into their thick heads.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - [as above] INJECT
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
