Literary notes about inexplicable (AI summary)
In literature, the term "inexplicable" functions as a powerful descriptor to evoke mystery and uncertainty, highlighting phenomena or emotions that defy rational explanation. It is often employed to convey surreal or otherworldly events—like strange sounds that unsettle the senses or peculiar natural phenomena that defy scientific understanding [1, 2, 3]. At times the word also encapsulates deeply personal experiences, suggesting feelings of profound, unidentifiable turmoil or the burden of truths that emerge as self-evident yet remain mysterious [4, 5]. Moreover, in more abstract or philosophical contexts, "inexplicable" underscores the limitations of human reason in explaining destiny, natural order, or the complex interplay of existence, as observed in discussions about nature and creation [6, 7].
- I was extremely anxious to hear if this strange and inexplicable sound was likely to be renewed!
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - The water seems extraordinary, inexplicable, rippling though there is no wind, and agitated where it should be calm.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - And even as men cried to God at this respite, out of the East with a strange inexplicable swiftness sprang the sun.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - There remains, then, no inexplicable, for the final truth is seen and known in its very self.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - I have endeavored to account for the invincible charm my heart feels on the recollection of this fragment, but it is altogether inexplicable.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - And they are wholly inexplicable on any other view.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - There is never a beginning, there is never an end, to the inexplicable continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
