Literary notes about satisfying (AI summary)
In literature, the term "satisfying" carries a broad spectrum of meanings, often reflecting a state of fulfillment that can be intellectual, emotional, physical, or even moral. Philosophical and political discourses employ it to denote the fulfillment of societal or intellectual needs, as seen when progress is linked to modifying circumstances or addressing public interests ([1], [2]). In narratives, the word frequently portrays characters seeking to gratify various desires—ranging from sensual curiosity ([3]) and personal caprices ([4]) to hunger and thirst experienced in everyday life ([5])—while also evoking moments of emotional completeness and well-being ([6]). This nuanced use of "satisfying" enriches literary texts by highlighting the complexity of human desires and the often temporary or partial nature of the fulfillment achieved.
- Progress lies in moving forward from the given situation, and satisfying as well as may be the interests that exist.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - Society and politics, which have given us these destructive views, have given us also the means of satisfying them.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke - At that time he had been satisfying a sensual curiosity to know what were the pleasures of those people who lived for love alone.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust - Emma yielded to this lazy mode of satisfying all her caprices.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - Hunger and thirst no doubt are of the nature of instincts, but the methods of satisfying hunger and thirst are acquired by experience or by teaching.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - She had a moment of real happiness then,–a moment of belief that, if there were sacrifice in this love, it was all the richer and more satisfying.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
