Literary notes about Necessarily (AI summary)
The adverb “necessarily” in literature is often used to indicate that a particular outcome or condition follows logically or inherently from certain premises, though it usually allows room for exceptions or alternative circumstances. In philosophical and logical writings—for instance, in works by Spinoza [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]—“necessarily” signals that a conclusion is bound by the underlying principles of the argument. In economic or scientific texts, such as those by Adam Smith [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13], the term qualifies relationships of cause and effect, emphasizing that while a particular result may not be inevitable in every instance, it is expected given the specified conditions. Meanwhile, in narrative or reflective contexts—evident in the writings of Mark Twain [14, 15] or Charlotte Brontë [16]—the word often tempers generalizations about human behavior or circumstance, suggesting that while a situation might typically lead to a certain response, exceptions may arise. Thus, across genres, “necessarily” functions as a nuanced modifier that both implies logical consequence and acknowledges the complexity of real-world variations.
- necessarily follow.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - Q.E.D. Corollary.—From the third kind of knowledge necessarily arises the intellectual love of God.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - In so far as it has adequate ideas it is necessarily active, and in so far as it has inadequate ideas, it is necessarily passive.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - vii.); from this alone, and not from the essence of anything else, it necessarily follows (III.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - I. Ax. iii.); therefore (by the same Axiom) the love which arises therefrom is also necessarily eternal.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - The rise in the price of the taxed commodities, will not necessarily occasion any rise in the wages of labour.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - This nominal sum, therefore, is necessarily higher when the coin is much debased by clipping and wearing, than when near to its standard value.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - Their highest price, however, seems not to be necessarily determined by any thing but the actual scarcity or plenty of these metals themselves.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - The first of these causes is no doubt necessarily connected with the diminution of the value of the precious metals; but the second is not.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - The former are always and necessarily beneficial; the latter always and necessarily hurtful.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - The expense of the society, in this case, exceeds its revenue, and necessarily encroaches upon its capital.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - An exclusive corporation necessarily weakens the force of this discipline.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - Their own country, however, on account of its neighbourhood, necessarily derived the greatest benefit from this market.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - One drunken man necessarily reminds one of another.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain - I had made changes, but they were necessarily slight, and they were not noticeable.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - I saw the case was a fainting-fit, not necessarily dangerous.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë