Literary notes about therefore (AI summary)
In literature, "therefore" is employed as a pivot that links preceding ideas to the conclusions drawn from them, marking a transition from premise to consequence. It often indicates that what follows is a logical result of earlier statements—as seen in dramatic turns or reasoned arguments [1, 2]—and is used to propel the narrative or argument forward by underscoring cause and effect [3, 4]. Writers utilize it not only to clarify logical relationships but also to lend an air of authority and decisiveness to their discourse, whether in philosophical treatises, theological passages, or narrative developments [5, 6, 7].
- His bark is stoutly timber'd, and his pilot Of very expert and approv'd allowance; Therefore my hopes, not surfeited to death, Stand in bold cure.
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare - [29] We have therefore to find a meaning for “right” or “what ought to be” other than the notion of fitness to some ulterior end.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - Therefore it was already said by Aristotle (De.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - The liberal reward of labour, therefore, as it is the effect of increasing wealth, so it is the cause of increasing population.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - We therefore humbly pray you to show us some hospitality, and otherwise make us such presents as visitors may reasonably expect.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - He therefore wrote to Apollodorus to the same purport about Alexander as about Hephaestion.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian - Our psychology must therefore take account not only of the conditions antecedent to mental states, but of their resultant consequences as well.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
