Literary notes about factor (AI summary)
In literature, the word “factor” emerges as a versatile term that can denote an essential element influencing various outcomes—whether in the realm of time and psychology, as seen where intervals are labeled significant ([1], [2]), or in political and social contexts, where it represents forces or agents shaping change ([3], [4], [5]). At times it serves to characterize a person acting in a specific role, such as an intermediary or representative in trade or governance ([6], [7]), while in other instances it underscores an intrinsic quality or condition—be it the “ethical and moral” aspect in social evolution ([8]) or a specific scientific component like an antiscorbutic activity in food ([9], [10]). The term also frequently appears in discussions about cause and consequence, where it is used to express how a single element may trigger a cascade of events or even serve as a decisive aspect in collective actions and historical processes ([11], [12], [13]). Whether in literary narratives or analytical works, “factor” functions to encapsulate that indispensable part, thereby providing depth to discussions on causality, influence, and the interconnectedness of diverse elements.
- Of course, the interval of time between the two tones was an important factor.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - Hence, recency in experience is a prime factor in determining revival in thought.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Rutherford Birchard Hayes - And it is this reciprocal action which constitutes it a factor in social evolution.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - In what specific ways is competition now a factor in race suicide?
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - At the age of twenty-six years, he was, by his master, sent to Lisbon, to act as factor.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe - There is Mr. Frankland, of Lafter Hall, who is also an unknown factor, and there are one or two other neighbours.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - There must be a process of selection, making the [Pg 322] best types available, and the ethical and moral factor, too, counts for much.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - On the other hand, antitoxins also are readily destroyed by acid which, as has been shown, exerts a protective influence on the antiscorbutic factor.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - It cannot be explained on the assumption that human milk contains a particularly large quota of this factor.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - The second factor is the immense development of local government.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - More injurious than this, it established new party alignments and gave great prestige at least to one man before unrecognised as a political factor.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - But there was another new factor in the situation which was of greater local importance.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes
