Literary notes about impulsion (AI summary)
The word "impulsion" in literature has been employed in a variety of contexts that range from the physical to the metaphorical. In scientific and descriptive texts, authors refer to impulsion as a measurable force or a natural impetus, such as the quantitative force constructions discussed in Thomas Jefferson's work [1] or the natural push described in French Conversation and Composition [2]. At the same time, narrative literature often invokes the term to denote an inciting or stimulating force, as seen in the military context in Aesop's Fables [3] and Goethe's Faust [4], or even the metaphorical incitement highlighted by Ben Jonson in both The Alchemist and Every Man in His Humor [5][6]. In other works, impulsion bridges both the physical and the abstract, providing a dynamic link between external action and internal motivation—from the calculated physical momentum in The Count of Monte Cristo [7] and Our Mutual Friend [8] to the philosophical use in Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature, where it describes a state almost devoid of force [9].
- The total impulsion of a force is got by methods of calculation and of experiment analogous to those which relate to work .
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - naturellement , par une impulsion naturelle; facilement, simplement.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann - Again, in constructing hasty intrenchments, the soldiers needed neither assistance nor impulsion.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - With new impulsion
— from Faust [part 1]. Translated Into English in the Original Metres by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - IMPULSION, incitement.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson - IMPULSION, incitement.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson - The eight oars fell into the sea simultaneously without splashing a drop of water, and the boat, yielding to the impulsion, glided forward.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - At this time of their watch, the water close to them would be often agitated by some impulsion given it from a distance.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - A vacuum is asserted: That is, bodies are said to be placed after such a manner, is to receive bodies betwixt them, without impulsion or penetration.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
