Literary notes about charitable (AI summary)
In literature, “charitable” is deployed as a multifaceted term that can signify genuine benevolence or serve as a nuanced, sometimes ironic, commentary on human nature. Authors utilize it to depict individuals who exhibit sincere kindness, generosity, or a readiness to support social and religious causes, as when a character’s warm-hearted nature or philanthropic endeavors are emphasized [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. At the same time, the term is employed to underscore ambiguity or even a slight criticism of overgenerosity, suggesting that acts of kindness may mask other motives or be executed with a certain degree of reluctance [6, 7, 8, 9]. Thus, “charitable” enriches literary narratives by highlighting the complex interplay between personal virtue, social responsibility, and the sometimes ironic realities of human behavior [10, 11, 12].
- Such was he; and this humour of his proceeded from a marvellous good nature; never was there a more charitable and popular soul.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - Charitable foundations were endowed for rearing and educating poor children.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius - The mother was most charitable, always finding time amidst her own family cares to go among the sick and poor of the neighborhood.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper - 2 Funds managed by the government for making loans and supporting charitable enterprises.—Tr.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal - Charitable employment agencies and work-rooms.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - With charitable ambiguity the chronicler adds that his soldiers carried him away with them in their vessel.—M.]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - This proved an Englishman, and a smuggler; a sort of craft not apt to be over-charitable.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville - I give him credit for the charitable attempt, although he hath not much charity in his temper.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Notwithstanding the charitable judgment of the critics, I suspect that Priscus was a Pagan.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - And, if He is so charitable and patient with our faults, how ought we to be with others?
— from The Heart-Cry of Jesus by Byron J. Rees - —The charitable man gratifies a need of his own inward feelings when doing good.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - “It was a sublime and charitable thought,” said Monte Cristo, “and the whole world should applaud it.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
