Literary notes about subjective (AI summary)
In literature the term "subjective" is employed to denote matters grounded in personal, internal experience and individual judgment, often juxtaposed with the universal or objective. Philosophical texts, for instance, use it to characterize aesthetic judgments and ethical maxims as products of individual sensibility and cognitive faculties [1][2][3]. At the same time, in psychological and sociological inquiries it describes the inner stream of consciousness or personal reactions that might resist straightforward, quantifiable analysis [4][5][6]. Moreover, literary works extend its usage to encompass cultural and moral dimensions, highlighting how personal interpretations intertwine with broader societal and objective structures [7][8][9].
- The purposiveness is here obviously objective and intellectual, not merely subjective and aesthetical.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - Accordingly, this is a subjective argument sufficient for moral beings.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - A maxim is a subjective principle of action, and must be distinguished from the objective principle, namely, practical law.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant - The difference between thought and feeling thus reduces itself, in the last subjective analysis, to the presence or absence of 'fringe.'
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - In youth we may have an absolutely new experience, subjective or objective, every hour of the day.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - In talking of it hereafter, let us call it the stream of thought, of consciousness, or of subjective life.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - All artistic creation is absolutely subjective.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde - The Idea of a final purpose in the employment of freedom according to moral laws has therefore subjective practical reality.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - He was the author of works on philosophy which are marked by extreme subjective idealism.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
