Literary notes about internal (AI summary)
The term "internal" is employed in literature with astonishing versatility, spanning both tangible and abstract realms. In some works it denotes a physical interior, whether referring to anatomical features—such as internal organs and vessels in medical or anatomical texts ([1], [2], [3])—or to built structures and decorative elements, as seen in discussions of temple adornments and painted chambers ([4], [5]). In other contexts, "internal" conveys an inner, often psychological or conceptual, aspect. It is used to highlight inner states and conditions, from the internal satisfaction and agitation in characters ([6], [7]) to reasoning processes and contradictions within philosophical and epistemological discourses ([8], [9], [10]). At times, authors contrast internal elements with external ones to underscore a dichotomy between what lies within versus what is outwardly visible or influenced, as in discussions about internal forces versus external effects ([11], [12], [13]). This range—from the anatomical to the abstract—demonstrates how "internal" enriches literary expression by offering a nuanced way to explore both the corporeal and the conceptual ([14], [15], [16]).
- F. Internal carotid artery.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - H. Internal jugular vein.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - B. Basilic vein, with the internal cutaneous nerve.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie - And, to say all in one word, he left no part of the temple, neither internal nor external, but what was covered with gold.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus - Some were vaulted chambers, with graceful internal painted decorations of figures and vine patterns combined with low-relief enrichments in stucco.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - He was conscious every second of the time that he had a new cloak on his shoulders, and several times he laughed with internal satisfaction.
— from Best Russian Short Stories - I had tutored myself, and was resolved by no outward sign to disclose my internal agitation.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - By a conception of this sort, one incurs neither of the [Pg 180] internal contradictions which we found to beset the other two theories.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - If this thing is annihilated in thought, the internal possibility of the thing is also annihilated, which is self-contradictory.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - In an object of the pure understanding, only that is internal which has no relation (as regards its existence) to anything different from itself.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - Language is not merely the external covering of a thought; it also is its internal framework.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - Equation of virtual work which expresses this equilibrium; it comprises in general the external and internal forces.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Owing to the acrid quality of the juice great care should be maintained both in its internal and external use.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - The internal condition is determinative, for things that are boresome to one may be very interesting to another.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - They may be divided chronologically, on internal evidence, into four classes.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell - The internal evidence of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā leads to similar conclusions.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell
