Literary notes about activities (AI summary)
In literature, the word "activities" is used with remarkable flexibility, spanning the physical, psychological, cultural, and social realms. For example, Sigmund Freud employs the term to describe instinctive bodily functions and even unconscious drives that shape human behavior ([1], [2], [3]), while William James considers it fundamental to understanding both mental and bodily processes ([4], [5], [6]). At the cultural and social levels, Bronislaw Malinowski and John Dewey use "activities" to explore ritual behaviors, educational practices, and the coordinated efforts that form the fabric of society ([7], [8], [9], [10]). Even in literary narratives, as seen in Agatha Christie and Mark Twain, the term captures aspects ranging from secret operations to everyday life pursuits ([11], [12], [13]). Thus, across diverse authors and genres, "activities" functions as a versatile concept that illuminates the multiple dimensions of human experience.
- When the perverse activities serve to prepare or heighten the normal sexual act, they are really no longer perversions.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - Rhythmic activities, such as dancing , riding and climbing may be mentioned, also harrowing experiences, such as being run over .
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - It was different in the case of errors; they were activities of the waking state.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - [Pg 302] name, is really a feeling of bodily activities whose exact nature is by most men overlooked.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - Thought moreover is simple, whilst the activities of the brain are compounded of the elementary activities of each of its parts.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - No material agent could thus turn round and grasp itself —material activities always grasp something else than the agent.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - [ 415 ] Table of Kula Magic and of the Corresponding Activities I—First Stage of Canoe-Building ( Chapter V, Division II )
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski - This, of course, to be understood, pre-supposes a knowledge of these various activities.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski - In all the social activities in which they have shared they have had to understand the material and processes involved.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - What is required is that every individual shall have opportunities to employ his own powers in activities that have meaning.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - “Mainly owing to the mater’s activities.”
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - I must have a successful career which would mask my true activities....
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - Judge Driscoll had retired from the bench and from all business activities in 1850, and had now been comfortably idle three years.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
