Literary notes about same (AI summary)
The word “same” functions in literature as a versatile marker of identity, equivalence, and continuity. It is often used to stress that certain principles or conditions persist unchanged despite differing circumstances, as in passages where a rule or purpose remains constant [1, 2]. In narrative prose, it helps to anchor the reader in a familiar setting or state, exemplified by phrases that note a character’s unaltered position or condition [3, 4]. Philosophical and analytical writings likewise employ “same” to draw parallels or underscore consistency in reasoning [5, 6], while dialogue can use it to convey a sense of inevitability or steadfastness even in the face of contradictory actions [7, 8].
- The same rule holds for man, who, when deprived of these vitamines, develops the so-called deficiency diseases—typically modern disorders.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - It was for the same purpose I went abroad—as far away as possible.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James - She stood in the same place as before, and the Sultan, who had forgotten Aladdin, at once remembered him, and sent for her.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang - He took the same road as before, and noticed the same hills and streams.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner - Secondly , there is the Idea of the same as the principle of the subjective purposiveness of nature for our cognitive faculty.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - By indirect such as proceed from the same principles, but by the conjunction of other qualities.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - This letter, which was read publicly at the evening reception, made the general laugh, but he ordered me to arrest you all the same.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Because you can't speak and whistle at the same time.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
