Literary notes about Susceptibility (AI summary)
In literature, the term "susceptibility" is employed to convey a natural predisposition or vulnerability that can be either physical, emotional, or moral. Authors use it to describe a character’s sensitivity to external influences, whether it be a delicate responsiveness to artistic inspiration [1, 2], an inclination toward passion and love [3, 4], or even a predisposition to physical ailments and environmental factors [5, 6]. It serves as a nuanced marker of both weakness and refined sensitivity, encapsulating how individuals or entities might be altered by subtle forces ranging from personal emotions to societal pressures [7, 8].
- This susceptibility is the element of genius in an artistic gift.
— from English Critical Essays: Nineteenth Century - That the mind be attuned to feel the sublime postulates a susceptibility of the mind for Ideas.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - Why, through so many scenes and sufferings, have I still retained the vain madness of my youth,—the haunting susceptibility to love?
— from Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron - 'In susceptibility to boredom,' returned that worthy, 'I assure you I am the most consistent of mankind.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - Even latent or subacute scurvy causes a peculiar susceptibility to diphtheria (especially the nasal type), to coryza, bronchitis, and pneumonia.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - An important factor in the prognosis of scurvy, as in that of other disorders due to a lack of vitamines, is the marked susceptibility to infection.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - "Its susceptibility of being produced?" said I. "That is to say, of being destroyed," said Dupin.
— from Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Detective Stories - American susceptibility is fast declining, and we are all going to the dogs."
— from From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It by Jules Verne
