Literary notes about rigorous (AI summary)
The term “rigorous” in literature carries a multifaceted load of meaning, ranging from precision in logic and method to a depiction of harsh or severe conditions. It can denote an exacting, almost mathematical approach to reasoning and evidence, as seen in discussions of proof and systematic critique [1, 2, 3, 4]. At the same time, it is frequently employed to convey a sense of unyielding strictness or severity in varying contexts—whether in describing the relentless cold of winter [5, 6, 7], the harshness of punitive regimes or discipline [8, 9, 10, 11], or even the austere moral standards upheld by individuals [12, 13, 14, 15]. In these diverse settings, “rigorous” enriches the narrative by blending intellectual exactitude with tangible, often harsh realities.
- The modus tollens of reasoning from known inferences to the unknown proposition, is not only a rigorous, but a very easy mode of proof.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - It must be confessed that we can give no rigorous answer to this question.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - logic of facts &c. (evidence) 467; experimentum crucis &c. (test) 463[Lat]; argument &c. 476; rigorous establishment, absolute establishment.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - — N. {ant. 479} demonstration, proof, rigorous proof; conclusiveness &c. adj.; apodeixis[obs3], apodixis[obs3], probation, comprobation|.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - Thus passed the four winter months, which were really rigorous, that is to say, June, July, August, and September.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - Although situated in the same parallel with the finest provinces of France and England, that country experiences the most rigorous cold.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The weather is cold and rigorous, but all goes well.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - 98 99 100 PART IV 101 (16) My Return The chains of the rigorous regime which had bound me snapped for good when I set out from home.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore - Two men were, some years ago, sentenced to rigorous imprisonment under the following circumstances.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston - The army, I will answer for it, will be but little pleased at being exposed to rigorous treatment on account of police affairs.”
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - His parents gave him a rigorous religious training.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - With these simple words, the merciful guru banished the rigorous safeguards that for ages had hidden Kriya from the world.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Each of his senses was brought under a rigorous discipline.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - Rigorous people say, I ought to have explicity declared the truth.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Hardship, rigorous Necessity was the poor boy's companion; no man nor no thing would put on a false face to flatter Martin Luther.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
