Literary notes about environment (AI summary)
The word "environment" is employed in literature in a multifaceted manner that often transcends mere physical surroundings. In some works, it is integral to understanding empirical or natural processes, as when it is portrayed as the inherent condition of things—underscoring a direct relationship between an entity and its natural milieu [1], [2]. In others, it is used to evoke the social, cultural, and psychological forces that shape human behavior and societal dynamics, highlighting the interplay between an individual’s nature and the world they inhabit [3], [4], [5]. Moreover, the term finds technical and metaphorical application in explorations of how humans manipulate or are shaped by their contexts, whether in educational theory or in describing personal transformation [6], [7]. This diverse usage underscores literature’s recognition of "environment" as both a literal setting and a powerful, underlying force influencing life and thought.
- But this pregnancy and implication of thought in relation to its natural environment is purely empirical.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - The giraffe with his peculiar neck is preserved by the fact that there are in his environment tall trees whose leaves he can digest.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - He was brought from a definite social environment,—the polygamous clan life under the headship of the chief and the potent influence of the priest.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois - [Pg 89] of the two sexes to the influences of education and general environment.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - The social and cultural environment in which they move forces them to think and feel in a definite manner.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski - If you wanted to, you could export the shell variable, transforming it into an environment variable.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Only an environment which secures the full use of intelligence in the process of forming habits can counteract this tendency.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
