Literary notes about Nexus (AI summary)
In literature, nexus is a multifaceted term that conveys the idea of a binding link or convergence point. At times, it designates a literal or metaphorical place where events or ideas intersect—as seen when it refers to a pivotal moment or locale like the "Nexus Point" ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In other instances, the term is employed to articulate causal relationships, marking the invisible ties that link phenomena in philosophical or scientific discussions ([5], [6], [7], [8], [9]). Additionally, nexus is invoked to capture the essence of social, economic, or personal bonds, as illustrated by references to a "cash nexus" or the ties that connect individuals ([10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]). This versatility underscores its role as a conceptual bridge that unifies diverse elements within narrative and theoretical frameworks ([16], [17], [18]).
- "Must proceed, they say, to Nexus Point.
— from Survival Kit by Frederik Pohl - The only thing that mattered was getting to the Nexus Point at one minute past one.
— from Survival Kit by Frederik Pohl - "Correcting for local time," he said, "the Nexus Point is one hour and one minute after midnight at what is called.
— from Survival Kit by Frederik Pohl - "I said," he explained hastily, "we're almost at the—the Nexus Point."
— from Survival Kit by Frederik Pohl - The causal nexus between two phenomena is not perceived as [174] something apart and sui generis ; it is not even perceived at all.
— from The Mind and the BrainBeing the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet - It was a philosophical exposition of the causal nexus of birth and freedom from re-birth.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins - The causal nexus is not visible and is therefore thought to be non-existent.
— from The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity A Modern Philosophy of Life Developed by Scientific Methods by Rudolf Steiner - The causal nexus which admits of being traced comes here to an end, and the mutual action, which cannot be analysed, between God and the soul begins.
— from Prolegomena to the History of Israel by Julius Wellhausen - The pith of my biogenetic principle is expressed in these and the remaining theses on the causal nexus of biontic and phyletic development.
— from The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy by Ernst Haeckel - He has exchanged a human nexus for a "cash nexus."
— from Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson - Cash payment became more and more, in Carlyle's phrase, the sole nexus between man and man.
— from Socialism, Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels - My only wish is to have the opportunity of cultivating some intercourse with the hands beyond the mere "cash nexus."
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - He merely wants the cash nexus supplemented by a few good offices.
— from Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs. - [255] It is his manner to connect events by a nexus of guilt and punishment; Darius cared very little for the disaster which had fallen on Media.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 6 (of 6) by Max Duncker - In our western communities the dangers to the intellectual nexus lie rather on the other side.
— from The Salvaging Of Civilization by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - According to the common belief, the "soul" of man is the nexus between two worlds or states of being,—the world of "matter" and the world of "mind."
— from Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by James Buchanan - Later it was the blood of a shared and eaten sacrifice that formed the covenant nexus.
— from The Covenant of SaltAs Based on the Significance and Symbolism of Salt in Primitive Thought by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull - On the nexus [pg 485] of the position of the parts of space depends the entire science of geometry.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
