Literary notes about Uniformity (AI summary)
Literary authors employ the term uniformity in varied and often contrasting ways to evoke both the virtues of consistency and the pitfalls of monotony. In some reflections, uniformity emerges from the steady development of artistic or scientific methods—a quality that brings clarity and order to thought and nature ([1], [2])—while in other contexts it functions as a benchmark for reliable procedures or legal frameworks ([3], [4], [5]). At the same time, writers caution that excessive uniformity may result in a stifling sameness, one that diminishes diversity and creative expression, whether in the repetitive patterns of daily life or in aesthetic designs ([6], [7], [8]). Additionally, discussions of natural phenomena and human institutions alike reveal a nuanced view of uniformity as an interplay between order and variability, underscoring its multifaceted role in shaping perceptions of beauty, law, and existence ([9], [10]).
- Only as fast as the practice of the arts develops the idea of measure can the consciousness of uniformity become clear....
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - It would undo the uniformity of Nature and all sorts of other things without which scientists cannot carry on their pursuits.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - He foolishly proposes to introduce a uniformity of law, as well as of faith.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Perfect uniformity of tone and manner is required.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The uniformity of their expansibility, which at first may appear singular, is, however, readily accounted for.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - CHAPTER II THE SIN OF MONOTONY One day Ennui was born from Uniformity.—
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Lay the blame, pray, on the dull uniformity of life at Limmeridge, and not on me.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - The trees in no two avenues are shaped alike, and consequently the eye is not fatigued with anything in the nature of monotonous uniformity.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - The problem we have to discuss is whether there is any reason for believing in what is called 'the uniformity of nature'.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - Such a uniformity in every particular, is found in no part of nature.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
