Literary note (auto-generated)
The term "amenable" in literature has been deployed with notable versatility, often conveying the idea of being subject to authority or receptive to external influence. In several texts, authors use it to denote a kind of legal or governmental subjection—individuals or groups may be described as "amenable to the laws," signaling an obligation to abide by rules imposed on them without sharing in their creation [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. In other instances, the word illustrates a personality trait or a state of mind, one that is pliant or willing to yield to advice, persuasion, or circumstance—whether it is conforming to societal expectations or being influenced by intimate relationships [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. Moreover, philosophical and critical writings extend "amenable" to reflect a broader condition of susceptibility, whether to discipline, external improvement, or the shaping power of law and circumstance [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]. Through these varied uses, the word encapsulates a dynamic interplay between individual autonomy and the influences that govern or shape behavior.
- We hold them amenable to the laws when made, but allow them no share in making them.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - An ambassador and his suite are not amenable to the laws of the country in which they are residing.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - Upon such a charge he might be amenable to the capital laws of his country.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - They are amenable to the laws, but are allowed no share in making them.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - In the treatment of those under his authority, the captain is amenable to the common law, like any other person.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana - Until lunch time the ladies contented themselves with being pleasant to her, so as to increase her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Lucien refused Hortense, but Louis was more amenable to his brother's wishes.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - Conseil was eager to accept, and this time the Canadian proved perfectly amenable to going with us.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - I have always, I know, been too amenable to the suggestions of my circumstances.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - The child could not be made amenable to rules.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill - In order to be so amenable, he must know the law as it is .
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - One people is amenable to discipline from the beginning; another, not after ten centuries.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - [Pg 179] their subjects amenable and submissive —conditions and passions which may be utterly different from their own.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Nietzsche - This phase of thinking is perhaps the most untaught of all, and the least amenable to external influence whether for improvement or harm.
— from How We Think by John Dewey
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