Literary notes about Root (AI summary)
In literature, the word "root" serves as both a literal descriptor and a rich metaphor. It frequently appears as a reference to the underground part of a plant, emphasizing notions of growth and sustenance—as seen when detailing the peculiar characteristics or uses of plant roots for medicine or nourishment ([1], [2], [3]). At the same time, "root" is employed metaphorically to denote underlying causes or foundational principles, whether critiquing the origins of ideas, faith, or even political systems ([4], [5], [6]). The term is also utilized in specialized contexts such as linguistics and technology, where it signifies an etymological basis or a primary system component ([7], [8]). Additionally, its occasional role as a proper name or symbol further enriches its literary resonance ([9], [10]).
- The root is small and woody, with divers small strings spreading within the ground, and dies not, but abides many years.
— from The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper - The physicians of India prescribe the powdered root with milk for fevers and for nervous and urinary diseases.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - The root is tough, and somewhat woody, yet lives and shoots a-new every year.
— from The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper - The religious man who invents a "divine world";—this is the root of the "denaturalised" and the "anti-natural" world.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - It is at root a resistance to the superciliousness of the individual.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton - Spinoza began with self-preservation, which was to be the principle of life and the root of all feelings.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - When a root is named in this book, the specific Latin form of the root is meant.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - To shut down, you'll have to log in as root .
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery - While young Root was leading the debate in the Assembly, Ambrose Spencer led it in the Senate.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - But the Senator knew that some hand had struck him, and struck him hard, when Lieutenant-Governor Root drew from the box the first union ballot.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson