Literary notes about Transcend (AI summary)
Authors employ "transcend" to depict the act of rising above inherent limits—whether they are physical, intellectual, or existential—in varied and evocative ways. In one lyrical depiction, the word amplifies the power of love to surpass the capacities of ordinary verse ([1]), while in philosophical reflection it denotes the mind’s capacity to exceed the very conditions of its existence ([2]). Meanwhile, its usage in moral and spiritual contexts underscores a realm of understanding or judgment that is beyond human constraint ([3]), reinforcing its role as a term that bridges the finite and the infinite.
- These lines, thou precious gem of love, Whose praise all power of verse transcend, He who for thee will live or die, Thy poor and humble lover sends.
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - The reason is, that, to do so, the Sense, as mental faculty, must transcend the very conditions of its existence.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - They therefore laid down as an axiom, that God's judgments far transcend human understanding.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
