Literary notes about intelligent (AI summary)
The term "intelligent" often functions as both a descriptor of keen mental capacity and a marker of refined character in literary works. It is used to highlight not just intellect but also sensitivity and moral depth, as when a creature or a person is portrayed as both gentle and perceptive [1, 2]. Beyond human attributes, the word is sometimes appropriated to emphasize exceptional performance or superiority, whether referring to technical innovations like modem capabilities [3] or extolling the leadership qualities of a military figure [4]. In other contexts, "intelligent" carries an almost ironic nuance, contrasting sharply with folly or deficiency in judgment [5, 6], thus reflecting the multifaceted ways in which intellect is both admired and critiqued in literature.
- It was a good beast, caressing and faithful, intelligent and gentle.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - “In my opinion, you are far from a fool sometimes—in fact, you are very intelligent.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Buy intelligent, Hayes-compatible modems - even when other standards may seem better.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - General Buell was a brave, intelligent officer, with as much professional pride and ambition of a commendable sort as I ever knew.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - The idiot and the imbecile are obviously debarred from normal communication with their intelligent associates.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Consider yet more deeply, thus:—There is either an empire of atoms, or an intelligent Nature governing the whole.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
