Literary notes about beneficial (AI summary)
The term “beneficial” is deployed in literature to denote outcomes, actions, or qualities that produce positive, advantageous effects across various spheres. In some works, it captures the idea of healing or improvement in a physical sense, such as aiding the cure of diseases ([1]) or enhancing health through exercise ([2]). In historical and political writings, the word underscores practices or policies that enhance the welfare of society and the state, as seen when it is linked to actions promoting public well-being ([3], [4]). Its usage is versatile, as it also encompasses moral and intellectual connotations, being considered both a desirable quality in personal conduct and a measurable benefit in broader social and economic contexts ([5], [6]). This layered use illustrates how “beneficial” has become a key descriptor for anything that contributes positively, whether in healing, governance, or everyday life.
- It has been found beneficial in the cure of putrid diseases.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - The mere change of scene is beneficial, and in walking he generally sets in motion a different set of muscles from those he has used while at work.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness by Cecil B. Hartley - From this time the Fabii began to be popular, and that not by any practices except such as were beneficial to the state.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - What is beneficial to society or to the person himself must still be preferred.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume - V. be beneficial &c. Adj.; produce good, do good &c. 618; profit &c. (be of use) 644; benefit; confer a benefit &c. 618.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - Some of the most fatal changes in human affairs have been, as to their more manifest immediate effects, beneficial.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill
