Literary notes about constituent (AI summary)
The term “constituent” is employed to signify fundamental parts that, when combined, compose a larger whole. In literary and philosophical contexts it is used to analyze both abstract and tangible elements, such as when it identifies key ideas or sensory intensities as essential components of human thought ([1], [2], [3]). In political and historical narratives, the word designates integral members or bodies—whether referring to the assembly that forms a nation's foundation or individual figures whose roles are critical during revolutionary upheavals ([4], [5], [6], [7]). Likewise, in scientific discourse, it characterizes the indispensable substances or structures that underpin matter, from the cells that build living organisms to the chemical elements defining a compound ([8], [9], [10]). This multifaceted usage underscores the idea that understanding any complex entity requires an examination of its constituent parts.
- There is a second constituent of current psychology which is indeed a science, but not a science of matters of fact—I mean the dialectic of ideas.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - In this case, if he made a judgement about himself, he himself might be a constituent of the judgement.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - But, further, he will have a feeling of discomfort—what I mentioned above as the second constituent of his whole state.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - MAURY, Abbe, character of, in Constituent Assembly, seized emigrating, dogmatic, efforts fruitless, made Cardinal.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - Grant, meanwhile, that this Constituent Assembly does to the last continue to be something.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - Furthermore, be it noted that no member of this Constituent has been, or could be, elected to the new Legislative.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - Chapelier goes, ci-devant popular President of the Constituent; whom the Menads and Maillard met in his carriage, on the Versailles Road.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - The fraction containing the characteristic odorous constituent of coffee boiled at 93° C. under 13 mm.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - Not the organs, so much as their constituent cells, say the histologists; not the cells, but their molecules, say in turn the chemists.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James - Creatine is a constant constituent of muscle substance.
— from The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by A. W. Duncan