Literary notes about Transgression (AI summary)
The term "transgression" is employed in literature as a multifaceted concept, encompassing both religious and secular dimensions. In many scriptural texts, it denotes the violation of divine commandments and the moral disorder that follows, as in its presentation as a sin warranting divine retribution [1][2][3]. In philosophical and moral discourse, it is used to critique actions that undermine rational thought and social order, emphasizing the destructive effects of deviating from accepted norms [4][5]. Even in secular narratives and dramas, the word serves to highlight personal failings and societal misdeeds—from the intimate lament of individual guilt [6] to the broader accusation of communal wrongdoing [7][8]. Thus, its usage spans from the profound weight of cosmic sin to the subtle disruptions in human affairs.
- Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood and the gall.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - But, if on the contrary, they still continue hardened in their transgression, they shall be under a curse forever.
— from The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt - If with the design of transgression we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish us immediately: 22:23.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Do penance for it by using your own brains, for it is a transgression that dwarfs the growth of thought and destroys mental freedom.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - For if any suspicion remain, that the event and command concurred by accident, there is no miracle and no transgression of the laws of nature.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume - I am punished for my transgression, my dearest.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud - This law was rigidly observed among the Californians no less than among the Oregonians, and on its transgression the death penalty could be inflicted.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer - infringement, infraction; violation, transgression; piracy.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget