Literary notes about Primary (AI summary)
In literature the term “primary” is employed as a marker of that which is fundamental, original, and essential. In philosophical and scientific writings, it designates the most basic truths or elements, as when an author insists that only the primary causes or properties are truly significant ([1], [2], [3]). In discussions of human experience—ranging from memory and sensation to social relationships—the term is invoked to highlight the innate or original state of things, suggesting that these primary encounters underpin more complex phenomena ([4], [5], [6]). Likewise, in educational and historical texts, “primary” is used to denote the initial or most basic level of instruction or development, indicating a foundation upon which further elaboration is built ([7], [8], [9]).
- No modification of it can attack the primary truths that out of nothing, nothing comes, and that an effect requires a cause.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer - Two primary qualities or properties of body, viz.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke - But the absolutely primary parts of what is composite are simple.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - [569] This is the primary positive after-image.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - The primary motive to this inward activity proceeds usually from the outer impression itself.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - The simplest aspect of interaction, or its primary phase, is contact.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - The instruction was divided into ‘Primary Learning’ and ‘Great Learning.’
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner - The courses are distributed and taught in the following manner: 224 Primary instruction for the Soldiers.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - By the Professor of Primary Instruction.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
