Literary notes about analogous (AI summary)
In literature, “analogous” is used to draw connections and highlight similarities between disparate ideas, phenomena, or historical instances. Authors use the term to compare mythological names and symbols, as seen in discussions linking ancient deities and sacred nomenclature [1, 2, 3, 4], while it is equally prominent in scientific discourse where natural variations and biological functions are compared to illustrate broader evolutionary or systematic principles [5, 6, 7, 8]. Philosophers and cultural critics adopt it to pinpoint abstract relations—ranging from detailed aspects of human thought and memory [9] to the structure of social bonds and rituals [10, 11]—and even extend its use to analogies found in art and ceremonial traditions [12, 13, 14, 15].
- [864] It is a word of Amonian original, analogous to Eliza-bet, Bet-Armus, Bet-Tumus in India, Phainobeth in Egypt.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - [924] Zemissus is the Amonian Sames, or Samesh, analogous to Beth-Shemesh in the Scriptures.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - Goshen is the same as Go-shan, and Go-zan, analogous to Beth-shan, and signifies the place of the Sun.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - Onesa signifies solis ignis, analogous to Hanes.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - DISTINCT SPECIES PRESENT ANALOGOUS VARIATIONS, SO THAT A VARIETY OF ONE SPECIES OFTEN ASSUMES
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - But how, it may be asked, can any analogous principle apply in nature?
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - Hence in the several fishes furnished with electric organs, these cannot be considered as homologous, but only as analogous in function.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - This brief abstract applies to plants alone: some strictly analogous facts could be given on the distribution of terrestrial animals.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - If this view is correct, a general idea differs from a vague one in a way analogous to that in which a memory-image differs from an imagination-image.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - Society exists so far as does analogous existence and community of ends.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - In the analogous relation of parent and child, the corresponding phenomenon must have been in the observation of every one.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill - The second degree of Ancient Craft Masonry, analogous to the mystes in the ancient Mysteries.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - It was never to be pronounced aloud, and was analogous to the sacred tetragrammaton of the Jews.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - He was the presiding officer, and his rank and duties were analogous to those of the master of a masonic lodge.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - So a resemblance in religious belief will eventuate in the selection of analogous symbolism.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton
