Literary notes about constitute (AI summary)
The term "constitute" in literature is often used to signify the act of forming, making up, or establishing the essential nature of something. Writers employ it to denote that various elements collectively form a whole, whether referring to abstract concepts such as principles and ideas—as seen when it determines free will in a philosophical context [1] or when delineating the fundamentals of a scientific discipline [2]—or to describe concrete compositions, such as ingredients forming a meal [3] or parts composing a physical structure [4]. In political and social discourse, it becomes a way to define the makeup of collective entities like a nation [5] or society itself [6]. Authors also utilize it to explore the transformation of elements into experiences or memories, thereby enriching their examination of human understanding and organization [7] [8].
- It is the legislative form, then, contained in the maxim, which can alone constitute a principle of determination of the [free] will. REMARK.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant - These investigations, taken together, constitute physics, or the science of existence.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - There was nothing to be had but rice and bean-curd, which did not constitute a very palatable meal.
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - The median line of the body is marked as the situation where the opposite halves unite and constitute a perfect symmetrical figure.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - Lastly, in the third case, they constitute a separate nation in the midst of the nation, a government within the Government.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - The family, the church, industry, the state, all taken together, constitute society.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Mere activity does not constitute experience.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - The addition of these elements that go beyond crude sensation is said to constitute perception.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell